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Originally Posted by S-F
When bringing a basement into the conditioned area it's always paramount that ALL moisture issues be ELIMINATED first.
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Good thread here, much to ponder.
Don't want to change the direction, so if you'll bear with me...
On a related note, when I was running my test heat pump last winter, I was amazed by the amount of water that was condensing on the pipes that brought loop water into the basement, and that took the chilled loop water (that had been through the evaporator heat exchanger) and sent it back out to the loop.
Constantly condensing water, puddling on the floor, I couldn't figure out where it was coming from for quite a while.
My fix was to put foam pipe insulation on the pipe and to tie it on tight with nylon cable ties, so that high humidity basement air was not coming in contact with the cooler loop water, and especially, the chilled loop water.
In this same manner, it would seem that a gapless insulation application, like spray-on foam would work wonders in a basement. That way, high humidity basement air could not contact walls, and not condensation.
What do you guys think?
-AC_Hacker