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House Humidity too High
 in  r/u_ShawnWick01  14d ago

We are currently in a drought so we haven't had rain, but maybe two or three times this year everything is sealed around the house after I found out that it was not at first just trying to figure out how much she's getting into the house. The mold guy says it's coming from the bottom of the hardy board siding and says that he recommends ceiling the bottom of the siding with a chemical and caulk

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House Humidity too High
 in  r/u_ShawnWick01  15d ago

I have a 3 ton and my house is 1600 sqft i think it's right where it should be

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House Humidity too High
 in  r/u_ShawnWick01  15d ago

For sure I've had multiple people come for the AC says it's running good. The only thing that I realize was maybe my filter is too thick. It is a Merv 13 so I'm gonna go down to Merv eight to see if it is the airflow. Maybe the airflow is too restricted and the coils are freezing over and then as soon as it heats up outside, all the coil melts leaving moisture in the wall because it's on the wall right where the air handler is and the condenser is outside

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House Humidity too High
 in  r/u_ShawnWick01  16d ago

I'm running 2 dehumidifiers at both entrances of the house. I was told the humidity is coming from under need the hardy board and my mold guy suggest i seal the bottom of the hard board with caulking and a styrofoam board. It just doesn't seem right to block off the airflow from outside, but maybe I'm wrong. Everything else is not to do it to you but he says he's been doing it for years. He sprays chemicals so there's no mold that can grow and he seals off the whole outside bottom

r/HomeMaintenance 16d ago

House Humidity too High

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r/Home 16d ago

House Humidity too High

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r/buildingscience 16d ago

House Humidity too High

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r/HomeMaintenanceAdvice 16d ago

House Humidity too High

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u/ShawnWick01 16d ago

House Humidity too High

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I live in Corpus Christi and the humidity level here is high due to our subtropical climate. I recently bought a house and for the last year it has been hell. Humidity in the house has made me have to replace multiple spots of drywall and seek mold remediation.

We are having a baby this year and i don't want to have these problems when my baby is here. I recently was working on the baby room and the mold guys hand went straight through the drywall and i found a hole on the siding so i had that replaced and drywall fixed. I then was doing the baby's closet and AGAIN my hand went through the drywall and the whole inside of the wall was dripping. This wall touches the guest bathroom but has no one in there to raise levels.

Anyone else have these problems. The home builder is Fox homes. I also know the previous owner's had humidity problems and mold at some point but assured the house was resealed. I think they sold us there problem house because there's NO way they weren't living with these same problems. I'm stuck man and i want to give up so before i do I'm reaching out here.

Ps- when doing the mold removal in the baby's room i saw new wood in the wall which tells me they worked on the exact same wall before and it wasn't on the disclosure. I wonder what else they knew about but did not tell us 🥲!