<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Firstly, Thanks, Jeff, for asking this question as it is so often discussed in theory and most people do not really know what is happening in practice. <div><br></div><div>We have not seen or heard of any examples of moisture issues which were not caused by bulk moisture here in New Zealand.</div><div><br></div><div>We have been installing moisture sensors in wall systems so can say with some certainty (without pulling walls apart and 'official' studies being conducted) that moisture is not an issue in these structures with sensors installed.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Sven</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div>Sven Johnston</div><div>Sol Design, Ltd.</div><div>50A Connolly Street </div><div>Geraldine New Zealand</div><div>03 693 7369</div><div><a href="mailto:sarahjohnston@ihug.co.nz">sarahjohnston@ihug.co.nz</a></div><div><br></div></span><div><br><div><div>On Jul 3, 2009, at 7:19 AM Jul 3, 2009, Jeff Ruppert wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">This question has come up from time to time in our circles, and I don't think any one person can answer it because the answer is based on our collective experience.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>So this is more of a poll than anything else.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The question is, has anyone been involved with a moisture damaged bale structure that was *not* due to a leak (bulk moisture)?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Or to put it another way, has anyone seen damage from sources such as interior humidity or plain old high humidity in wet climates, or any other sources than leaks from windows, roofs, etc?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jeff</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">GSBN mailing list</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:GSBN@greenbuilder.com">GSBN@greenbuilder.com</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://greenbuilder.com/mailman/listinfo/GSBN">http://greenbuilder.com/mailman/listinfo/GSBN</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>