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Water in wood frame in Basement – GreenBuildingAdvisor
- January 10, 2025
- Posted by: sherwin@eyeconz.com
- Category: Uncategorized
Hi, I have an old cottage that was on pillars. We couldnt get ICF forms so we have had a poured concrete basement. The cottage is on a hill. Hill wall is all concrete and part wood on sides and bottom wall all wood. I asked for r10 XPs on the outside unfortunately they filled it in when I was back on site. It has water proof coating. Up to the sloping gravel than a couple of inches of bare concrete. To match the top it is vinyl, 1 inch EPs, house wrap and wood boards . On the inside I have some weeping walls so I am using water tight and 2 inches Xps, 2 inches Eps, 1 inch mineral wool (thermal break) and then another 2by4 stud wall with mineral wool. The concrete floor has XPS underneath and I am putting in EPS floor trays that I will do 2 sheets of ply wood for a floating floor. It is all taped and foam (no air leakage). Headers have XPS an mineral batt in ceiling. I am adding no vapour because of the basement. My question is at the bottom of the full wood wall there is inch of moisture (photo attached). When I reach my hand up I think the issue is it is a concrete footer, foam gasket (very small), and wood wall, which is exposed to the air underneath the vinyl. They didnt bring the house wrap from the footer up into the frame or have flashing. My concern is if I spray foam the outside at this joint I might cause problems and if I dig down a foot or two I could put in 1 inch XPS up to this joint would this do anything. My thought is my design is to have it dry to the exterior given all the insulation on the inside. I also have a brand new triple pane window installed and it is leaking in one corner. Thank you
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