Slab Floors and Moisture

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shellqua Participant Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1	Slab Floors and Moisture 03/21/2011 2:29 PM
	I looked at a home that has been vacant for a while-foreclosure- to purchase and found that there was moisture in the bath tub. The home had been de-winterized and the water shut off (faucet was bone dry) so it was odd that there were beads of water in the tub. Is it possible that water could be coming up thru the slab and into the tub? Please advise. Thanks!
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Kilowatt0 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth - I think. Posts: 2143 Good Answers: 165	#1 Re: Slab Floors and moisture 03/21/2011 2:35 PM
	It's most likely condensation (think dew drops). __________________ TANSTAAFL (If you don't know what that means, Google it - yourself)
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#2 Re: Slab Floors and moisture 03/21/2011 2:50 PM
	"water could be coming up through the slab and into the tub"? The only way water is going to get into the tub is either through the drain or the faucet, or through condensation. Tubs are "waterproof". It would help to know where the house is. Georgia is different than Arizona.
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Stan The Man Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 68 Good Answers: 4	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Slab Floors and moisture 03/22/2011 8:08 AM
	There are probably holes in the wall behind the bath tub and cold air getting in around the bath tub and since the tub is metal you are getting condensation. It is the same as condensation on a cold window.
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westbye Commentator Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 65 Good Answers: 4	#4 Re: Slab Floors and Moisture 03/22/2011 11:06 AM
	They turned on the heat to show you the house and the tub being cast iron and cold had moisture condensing on it?
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Hornetson Commentator Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 56	#5 Re: Slab Floors and Moisture 03/22/2011 7:32 PM
	"Is it possible that water could be coming up thru the slab and into the tub?" Possibly, if the tub was flush with, and recessed into the earth beneath, the slab. 'Would switching to Gecko really save you 15% on auto insurance?'
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