Last winter I had moisture issues in my front entry which is a covered porch that someone enclosed somewhere along the way. I've actually had issues for the last few winters but couldn't figure out exactly what was causing them until this past winter...
What's been happening is that the ceiling would leak water. There's an attic vent to the outside that would frost over when the temps dropped during the coldest months. I thought it was air leaking through my door and focused on weatherstripping and sealing, but that wasn't it.
I knew something had to be done when puddles appeared again in February this year, so last month I tore down the ceiling. My beautiful, 85 year old tongue & groove original fir ceiling. Wah! What I found was a complete lack of insulation behind the 6" trim boards which clad the upper portion of the walls, no vapour barrier and someone had thrown extra insulation into the attic space which had completely covered the soffit vents. This was a recipe for disaster!!!
What's been happening is that the ceiling would leak water. There's an attic vent to the outside that would frost over when the temps dropped during the coldest months. I thought it was air leaking through my door and focused on weatherstripping and sealing, but that wasn't it.
FRONT ENTRY FROM OUTSIDE
I knew something had to be done when puddles appeared again in February this year, so last month I tore down the ceiling. My beautiful, 85 year old tongue & groove original fir ceiling. Wah! What I found was a complete lack of insulation behind the 6" trim boards which clad the upper portion of the walls, no vapour barrier and someone had thrown extra insulation into the attic space which had completely covered the soffit vents. This was a recipe for disaster!!!
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