How To Fix Sweating Concrete Wood Flooring

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How to fix sweating concrete wood flooring.

One way to do this is to turn down the air conditioning and turn up the heat. On a humid night the water vapor of a warm day comes in contact with the cooler ground and condenses on your floors into morning dew. Remove the taped plastic and assess the nature of wetness. I have a home that has a concrete slab and i have inlaid linoleum inside in a closet.

Regular scrubbing prevent mold. This means you will need to clear out the area and sweep it out then use a combination of detergent and hot water to really scrub the entire area using the bristle push broom. Boris in texas has an unwanted problem sweating floors. Tape the plastic on the floor slab when dry ensuring the edges are completely sealed and wait until the floor shows signs of wetness.

What type of floors do you have. While your floors did put in a good hard day of work the sweating floors are actually the result of a temperature change. That condensation on your concrete means you have sweating floors. And the closet area is the only area that i m getting the sweating floors.

Scrub down the floor regularly. It s called a masonry sealer. That will stop some of the water from evaporating into the home and raising the humidity which i think is what you re experiencing right now. One other tip is to try to keep the air and the floor temperature levels close to the same.