[Greenbuilding] Drying House in Humid Season

[Bob Waldrop]

I live in an area with high humidity in the summer and so this is 
interesting.  How was the raw cork used?  Walls? Floor? Ceiling? Your 
saying here that e.g. unfinished wooden wall paneling would help reduce 
the discomfort of high humidity by soaking up some of the water in the air?

Would this work if the humidity is seasonal, relating to the weather and 
climate, as opposed to episodal (cf taking a shower and causing a quick 
burst of humidity)?

Bob Waldrop
Oklahoma City
http://www.ipermie.net

On 11/19/2013 3:07 PM, Stephen Collette wrote:
> Hello all,
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> Well you could add materials that can safely and effectively take the 
> moisture swings out of the building, by safely taking in water. The 
> higher the material's ability to store the water, the greater the 
> moisture reduction in the air. Clay comes to mind. Been used for a 
> couple of years with pretty good success.
>
> Hygric bearing capacity of building materials helps dramatically. 
> Unfinished wood, clay, unfinished cork all have capacity to do this. 
> These take the spikes out of the humidity and hold the water until 
> conditions change and they are a higher potential than the surrounding 
> environment, which they safely release the moisture back into the air. 
> Absorption and Desorption.
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> I was in a 1950's condo in Florida, and there was raw cork and 
> unfinished wood in the bathroom. 2 successive showers and you could 
> still see in the mirror, no fog, no moisture in the air. Awesome stuff.
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> I hope that helps.
>
> Stephen
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> Stephen Collette BBEC, LEED AP, BSSO
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> On Nov 19, 2013, at 2:00 PM, 
> greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org 
> <mailto:greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org> wrote:
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:32:26 -0500
>> From: <conservationarchitect at rockbridge.net 
>> <mailto:conservationarchitect at rockbridge.net>>
>> To: <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org 
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>> Corwyn / Topher Belknap and Nick Pine responded to my message 
>> describing using heat in summer to dry out my house.
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>> Beyond my experience, what strategies do others use other than 
>> refrigerant driven dehumidification for restraining humidity in house 
>> when ambient humidity is high. Assume reasonable control of humidity 
>> at source such as ventilation at baths and kitchens.  If all living 
>> in humid and mixed humid climates must have refrigerant driven 
>> dehumidification to maintain healthy conditions, we are doomed. Often 
>> old equipment stops working after refrigerant leaks into atmosphere. 
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