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How Can You Tell if Moisture in Your Basement is From the Air or the Outside?

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Home Inspector with Pillar To Post

Try taping foil to the walls in the basement in several spots and wait to see whether any condensation appears. If the water is trapped between the wall and foil, then it is coming through from the outside. If there is condensation on the outside of the foil, then the moisture is from air leaks or high humidity in the house.

This is a low cost place to start you on the road to figuring out what is wrong and what you'll need to do to fix the problem.

Posted by

Chris Livingston

Owner/Oregon Certifed Home Inspector

Pillar To Post

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Comments (1)

Michele Cadogan 917-861-9166
Fillmore Real Estate 2990 Av U, Bklyn , NY 11229 - Brooklyn, NY
Licensed Real Estate Associate Broker -

Hey- thanks for this tip.  Ill give it a try and pass it along as well. 

Oct 12, 2010 02:02 PM