Originally Posted By: smcintire
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Originally Posted By: jpeck
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The mice in the walls put in gable vents?
Seems like someone thought they would vent some moisture out of the walls?
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Originally Posted By: Susan
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Steve,
Wow, something new!! I've never seen anything like that. Was there insulation added recently? I've seen holes where people have shot in insulation in old houses but that has always been in the wall area, not in the baseboard.
Please let us know when you find out!
Sue
Originally Posted By: Guest
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For what ever reason someone installed those vents, in all probability they should be removed. Venting a wall to conditioned air is almost a certain death to the structure in a heating climate. Warm, moisture laden air escaping from the heated interior into the wall cavity will almost certainly create a condensation problem.
It’s just wrong.
Originally Posted By: phinsperger
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Steve,
You did not indicate if these were only on the exterior wall or not. Please clairify.
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Originally Posted By: smcintire
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Paul, yes they are on the exterior walls only and only in some rooms. Susan, I know what you are talking about but this is not from insulation added. Jerry, you I just dont know
Originally Posted By: jpeck
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| smcintire wrote: |
| Jerry, you I just dont know  |
Probably because your mice did not know how much ventilation they needed to add.
[ Image: now, these mice, they knew what needed to be done to vent moisture out of the wall ]
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South Florida
Originally Posted By: jrooff
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These are seen where ever you find high class termites in older homes, now days they use plastic.
Other than that I have no flippen clue.But if they were put in for wall venting it would not be a good thing.
Originally Posted By: jpeck
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| jrooff wrote: |
| But if they were put in for wall venting it would not be a good thing. |
Give that man a see-gar!
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Originally Posted By: jremas
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Wall ventilation in both the top and bottom of finished basements is a good idea to help release moisture. All basements have some type of a moisture problem no matter how dry it appears so the ventilation of these walls wil help to keep the moisture from being trapped.
Lots of folks up here in the heating climate will go to remodel their basements and find out the disgusting mess of mold & mildew behind the unvented basement, finished, exterior walls. Usually paneling buckles after a few years.
I know that these walls may not be basement walls and what I am saying may not apply but I thought this would be a good FYI to throw in here.
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