Indoor stains in buildings traced to black or dark thermal tracking or ghosting lines.
Ghosting on roof after heavy frost.
Does the ceiling feel wet to the touch.
1 insulate the attic after air sealing and reducing moisture.
Major ghosting noted on walls and ceiling this is symptomatic of a poorly insulated and humid home.
It is nature s thermal image.
Roof leaks are usually obvious because eventually you ll see an actual drip.
Ghosting a term that refers to the sudden disappearance of a friend or romantic interest can happen for many different reasons.
Much of it ends up in the attic where it can rot out your roof.
Roof leak condensation or ghosting.
This article describes diagnoses the cause of various interior wall and ceiling stains and explains how to recognize thermal tracking also called ghosting or ghosting stains or thermal bridging stains building air leaks and building insulation defects.
I ll deal with that in the spring when i can dig out the area.
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Look at the entirety of your roof is the frost melting unevenly and not due to the sun s heat.
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But only when there is very heavy rain.
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A lack of frost can indicate that heat is leaking out through your attic space onto the roof and melting the frost.
Does your garage have a frosted roof and the rest of your home does not or vice versa.
What you are seeing is often called frost stripes or frost ghosting and is the visual effects of heat loss from a home or building.
However a very slight leak can cause mold growth without leading to actual dripping.
We look at the science behind ghosting and share tips for what to.
This is how the weather pays us back for the beating we take in august.
What frost on your roof may tell you.
There are 3 potential options.
This morning was chilly and the heavy dew caused there to be a good frost on most roofs that will quickly disappear once the sun is out.
After our recent record breaking snow here in the mid atlantic our house which i have been working on for over 3 decades had no icicles and lots of roof snow pack while my next door neighbor had melted patches in the roof snow pack and icicles almost instantly.
If you have access to a moisture meter scan the suspected area.
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The biggest tell tale i see are icicles hanging from gutters and roof overhangs.
Large crack in ceiling sheetrock near entrance to hallway likely secondary to normal building.
That is a very small leak and it s new as the water doesn t even make it to the.
Fireplace located in this area.
Heavy surface mold growth noted on exterior wall furniture had likely been placed against the wall in this area.
