Moisture Problems
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:18 pm
We purchased a used mobile home last year and had it moved onto our property. It turns out the "contractor" we used and his "associates" were better at swindling us out of money than doing the job correctly.
We have a 16x72 1996 modular home. It is on a packed gravel pad and we had skirting built around it. The skirting is framed with 2x4's, has insulation, osb, then roofing paper to waterproof it and finally vinyl siding. There is NO poly anywhere, which we realized after we fired them should be there as well as on the ground. We got everything done right before winter and planned to install the polly this summer. When we went under the home this spring, we noticed a wet spot in the belly insulation, under one of the bathrooms. We went under again today and the wet spot seems to run everywhere the cold water line is (though that's just our guess). We noticed that the water line coming in is full of condensation and that's what made us wonder if that what the whole problem may be.
After reading a bit in the forums here, I wonder if this is condensation, if we can then solve our problems by installing a dryer vent (also not done), putting poly under the home as well as up the sides of the skirting, and maybe putting screen on our two access doors in order to vent the crawlspace in the summer.
Is there anything I'm missing here? Any advice would be appreciated!
We have a 16x72 1996 modular home. It is on a packed gravel pad and we had skirting built around it. The skirting is framed with 2x4's, has insulation, osb, then roofing paper to waterproof it and finally vinyl siding. There is NO poly anywhere, which we realized after we fired them should be there as well as on the ground. We got everything done right before winter and planned to install the polly this summer. When we went under the home this spring, we noticed a wet spot in the belly insulation, under one of the bathrooms. We went under again today and the wet spot seems to run everywhere the cold water line is (though that's just our guess). We noticed that the water line coming in is full of condensation and that's what made us wonder if that what the whole problem may be.
After reading a bit in the forums here, I wonder if this is condensation, if we can then solve our problems by installing a dryer vent (also not done), putting poly under the home as well as up the sides of the skirting, and maybe putting screen on our two access doors in order to vent the crawlspace in the summer.
Is there anything I'm missing here? Any advice would be appreciated!