Hi all, my neighbors’ house has a stone face from a bay window down. They recently showed me where the stone had wicked water in, rotted away the particle board, and created a mold forest. When I came over they had already removed the interior wall and (thankfully) cleaned out the mold. Between the rock and the particle board there was no air space and no vapor barrier. Now that the particle board is gone there is just the stone, a half inch gap and then bare studs. The question is what is the easiest way to solve the problem (stone and studs stay put if possible)? It might be a dumb question, but would a closed cell insulating foam keep out the moisture? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Easiest?
wrong question, isn't it? easiest wil have them doing it all over again. Easiest has already been tried. They need to remove the stone facade ( this is probably not the only part of the house where this problem exists.) and rebuild the wall the right way, with sheathing, tarpaper, drainage plain and weeeps.
now it's time to vent - how many of these idiots are out there putting up masonry without weeps or backup tarpaper ruining homes in this country?!?!
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Thanks Piffin, I'd already told them that rebuilding it correctly was their best option so it shouldn't shock them too much.
It's really hard rto imagine, but if they really feel compelled to goober it up cheap, they should paint the stone on inside with Thorocrete a couple times, and then spray the foam for moderate protection aganst moisture intrusion.
but here's the thing - if they ever sell the house, they are copmpelled by ethics and by real estate law to inform rthe potential purchaser of the hosue what undesireable conditions exist. Failure to do so can result in a lawsuit.
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Thanks again Piffin, I hope you realize how much you help everybody on here - especially the youngins like me (24).