A few years ago my father had a leak in the flashing above his front closet. The flashing was fixed, but the plaster and such in the closet was never fixed. It was coming down, but since the door stayed closed he wasn't too worried about it.
Now I have the house and didn't like the hole in the plaster/gypsum boars or plaster coming down all over coats and such and decided to pull it out and insulate the open spaces between the studs.
I started pulling the old stuff out and found along the very top, a little bit of condensation along the seam with the outside wall. While it's open I'll let it dry out, but how do I keep the condensation from forming in the first place? Will insulation with a good vapor barrier do it? I'm positive the water is not coming from the outside because it's under the overhang. Any outside water would have to defy physics or at least have a pretty strong wind in order to get up there, get through the clapboards, and then through the sheathing.
Matt
Now I have the house and didn't like the hole in the plaster/gypsum boars or plaster coming down all over coats and such and decided to pull it out and insulate the open spaces between the studs.
I started pulling the old stuff out and found along the very top, a little bit of condensation along the seam with the outside wall. While it's open I'll let it dry out, but how do I keep the condensation from forming in the first place? Will insulation with a good vapor barrier do it? I'm positive the water is not coming from the outside because it's under the overhang. Any outside water would have to defy physics or at least have a pretty strong wind in order to get up there, get through the clapboards, and then through the sheathing.
Matt