what's this
- Thread starter Dolly Llama
- Start date
Mikey P
Administrator
Its a xmas miracle that an old codger like you coild figire out how to post a picture from your cell phone.
Is what it is.
Is what it is.
Mikey P
Administrator
Some clues would be helpful..
Dolly Llama
Number 5
This is at a friend's house
he asked me to look at it...
tile is on a slab
he had a flood in that room in May.
Serve Pro did the dry down
they noticed the effervescence 4 months later.
She cleaned it and it came back a month or later
..L.T.A.
he asked me to look at it...
tile is on a slab
he had a flood in that room in May.
Serve Pro did the dry down
they noticed the effervescence 4 months later.
She cleaned it and it came back a month or later
..L.T.A.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
waddn't a mirricul...c you walked me thru it
it would of been a miracle if i figured out HOW to do it MYSELF....
...LT.A.
Desk Jockey
Member
my guess is the concrete is weeping up minerals through the grout. Efflorence sp?
Jim Martin
Supportive Member
bet if you were to pull a few tiles in the middle you will find a lot of moister still trapped and it is dissolving and breaking down the mastic.....
Desk Jockey
Member
Did water remain standing on it for a long time? We see it happen whenever water remains on concrete for extended periods of time. 24-48 hours and you can expect some problems with moisture in the concrete. I'm with Jim, pull the tile and see what's going on.
The can always do a calcium chloride text and see if there is too much moisture in the concrete but it sure looks like that's the case.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Taylor-T...ide-3-Test-Value-Pack-625-POP-VP-HD/203419910
GeneMiller
Member
Definitely looks like concrete is wet.
Gene
Gene
Dolly Llama
Number 5
Desk Jockey
Member
That's not too long but maybe it was enough?
For one reason or another you have moisture diffusing through the concrete as vapor.
For one reason or another you have moisture diffusing through the concrete as vapor.
Dolly Llama
Number 5
think we found the source ...had nothing to do with the original dry down .
it's bong water .....
well not really
this is their pool room that rarely gets used or even entered all that often .
in that room in a closet is the water softener ...when regenerating it drains into the connecting crawl space where there's a drain.
That crawl space is also where the well tank is (the source of the original flood when it failed)
Long story a little less long, that drain must be clogged enough that it can't handle all the flow from regenerating softener .
he discovered puddles in the crawl space this morning.....it was dry when we looked at it a few days ago trying to determine where the moisture to cause effervescence was coming from
Mystery solved ...gotta be the softener and slow/no drain.
..L.T.A.
it's bong water .....
well not really
this is their pool room that rarely gets used or even entered all that often .
in that room in a closet is the water softener ...when regenerating it drains into the connecting crawl space where there's a drain.
That crawl space is also where the well tank is (the source of the original flood when it failed)
Long story a little less long, that drain must be clogged enough that it can't handle all the flow from regenerating softener .
he discovered puddles in the crawl space this morning.....it was dry when we looked at it a few days ago trying to determine where the moisture to cause effervescence was coming from
Mystery solved ...gotta be the softener and slow/no drain.
..L.T.A.
Desk Jockey
Member
That makes a lot more sense. Had it sat over night or for days then I'd say it was associated to the original water loss.
