DigestInvestigating and Diagnosing Moisture ProblemsBy Joseph Lstiburek Building Science Digest 108: last updated 2009/08/10 |
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Water comes in four forms: solid, liquid, vapor and adsorbed. All four forms can cause grief to building owners, designers and contractors. When water causes building problems investigating and diagnosing the problem can be challenging because water constantly changes its form inside a building and within its materials. The investigator must hunt down the water thinking like water.
