All the SFR constructions were concentrated on one end, with about 170 x 240 ft gentle sloped (~10 deg) land unused.

all of the houses in 1 sq mile are cookie cutter 1950's brick ranches. that street in particular is no different. lawns are nice, very nice looking on the outside. but when you go inside, 80% are still stick in 1970's.i am trying to post a picture of the windows, to show how bad they looked. these are steel pan windows that had rusted over the years and moisture was killing the window. cold air was leaking and furnace bills were sky high.seems like the picture is huge and have no idea how to resize it.

I don't know if you'd get it and I would be very sweet and gentle with the adjuster in pursuing it.

just wondering what the ideal humidity is inside a home in winter time when the gas furnace eats up all moisture??

Inadequate ventilation stores air and moisture and heats it up in your roof in the summer and turns it into a wood warping, mold sporing, shingle cracking orgy of expenses.

Please be gentle if I’m out of my mind.

I would assume there's been moisture problems inside the "room" as well as inside the wall at this point.

Looks like crappy particle-board that picked up too much moisture (perhaps just from being in a vacant house too long).Most likely nothing to worry about...just cover it up with some shelf liner and/or paint...

Suggest a small, gentle breed puppy instead?

Hey Diane,Keep in mind that lumber contains moisture and [/b] maintain moisture in it in order to remain flexible.