damp and musty feel to carpets
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damp and musty feel to carpets
Hello, I built an inlaw apartment in an existing attached 3 car garage. I had a contractor pour a self leveling concrete floor over an existing concrete floor. I put down a 6 mil vapor barrior on top the new pour after two weeks of intense drying with fans. I then placed 2x4 sleepers and then 3/4 tongue and groove plywood for the new floor. After two years I feel a slight moisture and smell musty odor. Are there any suggestions as to how I may seal the plywood to prevent any futer mositure from getting to the carpets or do I have to take out the floor and seal the concrete
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Basements are humid by nature of their below grade location and there is only so much you can do to control that. Try running a dehumidifier for a while before you rip up the floor, see if it helps.