A good friend has had a leak through the roofing felt.
The felt is now gone and in some places, the wood planking is quite damp. A simple moisture meter showed more than the scale 45%.
Now it needs to dry. But it's autumn.
So a thought came up. He has a few of those elongated infrared heaters on his patio, and I have one in the basement not plugged in. The idea was then to make some stands for them and place them on the roof directed at the wet areas, to heat up and dry faster. What do you think of that idea?
Feels a bit crazy but not too dumb after all.
The felt is now gone and in some places, the wood planking is quite damp. A simple moisture meter showed more than the scale 45%.
Now it needs to dry. But it's autumn.
So a thought came up. He has a few of those elongated infrared heaters on his patio, and I have one in the basement not plugged in. The idea was then to make some stands for them and place them on the roof directed at the wet areas, to heat up and dry faster. What do you think of that idea?
Feels a bit crazy but not too dumb after all.
Oh God, what a silly question I'm probably coming up with now, but you don't learn anything otherwise; does it have to dry so quickly? I'm assuming the leak is sealed, so can't it dry the "usual way"?
I don't think it's a silly question!MariaiÖstergötland said:
There is always a risk of mold when the lumber can't dry quickly, but once it dries, the problem disappears, so I don't see any reason to do anything other than what you suggest. The lumber is probably only damp on the outside, so it will likely dry fairly quickly even without flammable attempts
