Humidity crisis!

[Camino LS6]

...in the barn.

Those old, thick, stone walls are weeping moisture, the concrete floor is weeping moisture, and water is condensing on everthing I own!

ARGH!

I need a solution.

[Robert Hall]

That happens in my Mom's barn in Ohio...parking cars on the bottom floor on sheets of material (fiberboard or plywood) instead of directly on the concrete helps, IIRC.

[AAS]

Lots, and lots of Damp Rid?

[Camino LS6]

Or a dozen dehumidifiers.

Spent the whole day moving stuff "up" for whatever that's worth.

All of my good stuff is in there - some damage done.

Not happy.

[balthazar]

DryLoc the interior walls. Yep- there goes the cozy stone look... but it'll stay dry.

There's no gutters on the barn, are there. That's a lot of roof footage dumping right down next to the walls... wet outside will seep inside.

After/instead of that: you need ventilation.

[z28luvr01]

roof vents, preferrably with an exhaust fan.

[Camino LS6]

I think ventillation is the key.

Drylok would probably run away screaming from those old walls with the crumbling mortar.

Probabaly take 20 gallons or more to tame it slightly.

But yeah, it has gutters (copper), they are even oversize. I'm guessing that they need to be cleaned - but that's higher than any ladder I have (and higher than I want to climb to be honest).

I'm going to have to think this one through...

[Cory Wolfe]

Fire. Kill it with fire.

j/k.

[Camino LS6]

We've already been there...

[balthazar]

No doubt it's a big job- chip out the really loose mortar, etch it all, then 2 coats of DryLoc. Last I checked it was $97 / 5 gals. You'd likely only have to paint the mortar as opposed to the rocks, but that would look pretty bad.

You know how to tell if the gutters need cleaning...

But yea- ventilation would be a great plus.

[Intrepidation]

Air conditioning.

[Camino LS6]

Air conditioning.

Boy do I wish!

[Camino LS6]

No doubt it's a big job- chip out the really loose mortar, etch it all, then 2 coats of DryLoc. Last I checked it was $97 / 5 gals. You'd likely only have to paint the mortar as opposed to the rocks, but that would look pretty bad.

You know how to tell if the gutters need cleaning...

But yea- ventilation would be a great plus.

I sweep up about 50lbs. of the mortar several times each year - yeah, it's that bad. It is constantly leaving a mini-beach all around the perimeter. The contractor that rebuilt the barn after the fire didn't even re-point the stone. The only new mortar was where he had to patch a section of wall.

If it were mine...