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Offline MarquisDeSade

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Re: Home Improvement Thread
« Reply #400: October 31, 2019, 08:39:28 AM »
We’re getting new walls in a couple of weeks- everything has been bone dry through saturated soil, but we’re doubling down on drainage and pulling the new walls further off of the foundation walls to allow better drainage and discourage moisture- old code allowed framing to be nailed directly into cinderblock, new code calls for a gap, so we’re bringing things up to current standards

If they don't put a barrier and proper drainage in that won't matter.  Moving the walls out will help but you really don't want mold hidden in the insulation and studs.