Emery County Progress | 1906-01-13 | Page 5 | Why Stone Walls Are Damp

KY WALLS ARE camf asden changes of weather response Res ble easy to remedy the walls of a stone house and sometimes of a brick house are COY ered with d maness this is due to the very same causes by which dew Is deposited on grasses or moisture on the s de of a glass or pitcher that Is filled with ice water and brought into a hatm room the walls become cold and as stone is a nonconductor of heat they remain cold tor a long time when the weather changes suddenly rom cold to warm the air becomes filled with moisture for the warmer the air the more moisture it will ab when this warm air strikes the cold walls the moisture Is depos cited on it from the air which Is sud denly cooled by contact with them and as the warm air is continually coming in contact with the cold walls the dampness accumulates until it ap pears 11 e a dew upon them and pours down in streams at times it Is easily prevented no plaster should be put directly upon brick or stone but fur r ng strips 1 be nailed to the balls and laths p t on these cellars are frequently made very damp in the same way by too much ventilation in warm weather