This would be a great question to place in that "Home/Apartments" forum that no one seems to want to give us... (hint, hint)
I was sitting in the house yesterday afternoon, and it was quiet. I heard what I thought was sprinkles of rain. But it wasn't raining outside.
Long story short, sometime in the past several months, I had ductwork come off of a bathroom exhaust fan. Now, I have an attic that is loaded with saturated, humid air. The excess humidity is condensing and freezing on the nails and roof sheeting when it is below freezing, and when it gets above freezing (or when the sum comes out)... it then melts and I get rain in my attic.
The attic is properly vented, with roof vents and soffit vents (with chutes). It is just getting rid of this surge of excess moisture that is the problem. The venting for the bathroom fans has been fixed, and is now venting outside again, as it should.
I now need to dry this air (and the roof sheeting) out in my attic. The only thing that I can think to do is to set up some fans (box fans, oscillating fans), and just stir the heck out of the air, to try and dry everything out (when the air temperature up there is above freezing). Plus, that would help on the insulation that has gotten wet on the top.
Will stirring the air help? Am I missing a better solution? Eventually, this will balance back out, with the venting that already exists... but I need to do something in the short term.
I was sitting in the house yesterday afternoon, and it was quiet. I heard what I thought was sprinkles of rain. But it wasn't raining outside.
Long story short, sometime in the past several months, I had ductwork come off of a bathroom exhaust fan. Now, I have an attic that is loaded with saturated, humid air. The excess humidity is condensing and freezing on the nails and roof sheeting when it is below freezing, and when it gets above freezing (or when the sum comes out)... it then melts and I get rain in my attic.
The attic is properly vented, with roof vents and soffit vents (with chutes). It is just getting rid of this surge of excess moisture that is the problem. The venting for the bathroom fans has been fixed, and is now venting outside again, as it should.
I now need to dry this air (and the roof sheeting) out in my attic. The only thing that I can think to do is to set up some fans (box fans, oscillating fans), and just stir the heck out of the air, to try and dry everything out (when the air temperature up there is above freezing). Plus, that would help on the insulation that has gotten wet on the top.
Will stirring the air help? Am I missing a better solution? Eventually, this will balance back out, with the venting that already exists... but I need to do something in the short term.
