Wet Nails In Attic

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Wet nails in attic.

The best solution for controlling moisture is at its source. The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature. Excessive attic moisture condenses on the cool metal surface of the roofing nails causing corrosion or rust on the nails and stains on the surrounding wood materials. The roof has a ridge vent and soffit vents.

I can see the roofing nails that protrude into the attic are dripping wet. Last winter i noticed condensation and water droplets on the nails that stick through the roof into the attic. This exact same process is happening in your attic during extreme cold weather. Nail drips in attic.

The attic is vented by a ridge vent soffit vents both run the full length of the house and 2 2x3 wall vents. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails. A moist attic means moist insulation and moist insulation is less effective. Repairing a roof leak from the inside is a temporary fix only.

If the problem is the result of water or moisture penetrating the foundation or floor slab there are many remedial actions which may help. The heating trunk lines for the upstairs heating hot air runs through the attic they are fully insulated and. Wasps are coming through into the house from attic. The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal.

I had a new roof put on my house 3 years ago. At times there was ice and frost on the nails. I have water dripping from the nails inside of my attic. My wife ali and i bought an old house 18 months ago.

Walk carefully on the ceiling joists in the attic or use a sheet of plywood to walk on so you will not accidentally put a hole in the ceiling panel. These same condensation points the roofing nails will often map exactly the drip stains found on the attic insulation or attic floor below each nail. Ice frost and water in an attic condensation new construction text. Boxes stored in the attic were sometimes wet.

This is why you see the frost. Water dripping from roofing nails in attic. I have noticed the last couple of winters that when i bring something down from the attic it has rust spots on it.