A couple of weeks ago, SWMBO and I noticed some bubbling in the linoleum flooring in our study/office. I initially didn't think much of it, since it was put down in the mid to late '60s, and is ugly as sin anyway. However, the bubbles in a couple of areas continued to grow until last week, I pierced one of the bubbles and found moisture between the flooring and the plywood. The ply has delaminated in those areas and was sticking up pretty high. After a couple of more tests, we thought we might have a roofing leak.
Insurance sent out a leak detector inspector man and I just got the initial results. No leaks, which is good except for the fact that now this isn't covered under insurance. He said that the issue was caused by condensation in the subfloor caused by a lack of vapor barrier in the crawl space and no insulation under the floor. There are a few recommendations that he made, but the lack of the barrier and insulation was the main culprit in his opinion.
As most of you know, we are in an informal lease to own on the house with my FIL. He's going to foot the bill on this. However, in frustration (which I completely understand) he tried to say it was cause by us keeping the house too cold in the summer. During the nights, we keep the temp around 70 so that I can sleep. I get very hot very easily and have to have a room cool and a fan blowing to stand a chance of sleep. During summer days, the temp is usually 71 to 73. During the winter, we actually have to bump the temps up. We do this mainly because of a lack of insulation in most of the house.
I've offered to do a lot of the work myself to help save money, but I'm wondering if our A/C usage could have actually caused it. Obviously it could have contributed, but I doubt it was the main cause. Remember, I live in Alabama, so we have high temps and humidity during the summer.
Insurance sent out a leak detector inspector man and I just got the initial results. No leaks, which is good except for the fact that now this isn't covered under insurance. He said that the issue was caused by condensation in the subfloor caused by a lack of vapor barrier in the crawl space and no insulation under the floor. There are a few recommendations that he made, but the lack of the barrier and insulation was the main culprit in his opinion.
As most of you know, we are in an informal lease to own on the house with my FIL. He's going to foot the bill on this. However, in frustration (which I completely understand) he tried to say it was cause by us keeping the house too cold in the summer. During the nights, we keep the temp around 70 so that I can sleep. I get very hot very easily and have to have a room cool and a fan blowing to stand a chance of sleep. During summer days, the temp is usually 71 to 73. During the winter, we actually have to bump the temps up. We do this mainly because of a lack of insulation in most of the house.
I've offered to do a lot of the work myself to help save money, but I'm wondering if our A/C usage could have actually caused it. Obviously it could have contributed, but I doubt it was the main cause. Remember, I live in Alabama, so we have high temps and humidity during the summer.
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