Cob: damp concrete

[David Knowlton]

sounds like that concrete was acting as a condenser and basically gathering 
dew.

you would have to either control the humidity somehow, or get it's 
temperature above
the dewpoint ---

nice theory, nothing practical here sorry

david


>From: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Amanda Peck" <ap615 at hotmail.com>
>To: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: Re: Cob: damp concrete
>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:42:29 -0500
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>I once lived in an apartment  in which the bedroom was a converted 
>garage--concrete floor.  Winter and summer, that floor remained somewhere 
>between damp and soggy.  Of course, if the builders had known it would end 
>up as a bedroom, they could have insulated the thing, put waterproofing 
>below, and so on.  But that would have made it a PROJECT, instead of just a 
>concrete floor.
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>....................
>Mike Stone asked:
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>why is a concrete slab a bad idea for a foundation?
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>i'm thinking for my future project in costa rica where summertime rainfall 
>is high that i will need to put in a concrete slab to get the floor level 
>of my house up a bit from the ground level which can become soggy and 
>drenched. is this not a good idea?
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