Problems of humidity in a House may be due to a number of causes, such as that rain will filter through the walls or roof, absorbed from soil moisture, condensation... Be sure to determine the cause of the moisture before trying to fix it, otherwise it could use completely the wrong remedy.
How to remove moisture from the walls of your House
Moisture or damp walls is a common problem in apartment buildings or houses. Moisture often leads to the formation of mold and bacteria and creates a nothing healthy atmosphere for those who occupy the dwelling. Damp walls are ugly, smell bad and cause permanent damage to the plaster, paint and finishes. Problems of humidity can be found throughout the House, as in the roof, walls, floors, windows, doors or pipes of any building. Any wall in contact with the ground can suffer an increase in humidity, which affects the walls inside and out. If there is no space in the attic between the ceiling and the roof structure, then you need to have ventilation in the attic.
Approaches recommended for the remove humidity
A common mistake that is often made is to paint the walls over the places damaged by the water. If the walls of your bathroom, kitchen or toilet room are always wet, must be kept dry and well ventilated place. The conditions of moisture in walls can be caused by chronic problems of condensation and resulting from saturation and particularly bad gravity at the foot of the wall, thus masking and thus increasing the problem of increase of moisture. There are many methods or therapies used to protect the House from moisture.
Follow the following methods help to eliminate the problem of moisture:
- Anti humidity: Installation of a good moisture, a continuous layer of protection anti material moisture, by removing a row of bricks near the ground level followed by the insertion of a sheet of plastic along the same line of bricks, replacing the old mortar with a waterproof mortar.
- Leak test: make sure that rain water does not penetrate through the joints of the structure. If there is no space in the attic between the ceiling and the roof structure, then you need to have ventilation in the attic. The removal of the ventilation to increase the heat in the attic is a bad idea. Placing joints of tubes of rainwater firmly and correctly to prevent leakage in the joints. That all toilets and water supply connectors are tight and free of leaks.
- Good ventilation: If you have steam from the shower bath or kitchen and vapor is not vented to the outside, then you will have damp walls. This moisture would the walls are quite close to the bathroom or the kitchen. It may be that moisture in the walls is more pronounced outside the bathroom or kitchen. Moisture and mold can develop more easily in walls with latex paint, in comparison with the paint specifically for bathroom and kitchen.
- Return to yesar affected area: restart plaster to the affected area with a waterproof dressing or cement mixture. Placed into holes in the brick distribution pipes and transfers the liquid to the wall under the influence of gravity. Place the waterproofing membrane of water in the upper part of the surface of the existing soil, which will act as a moisture barrier.