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.

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...

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

Hi all,I have a house that I recently placed under contract, which has some moisture (not a lot at all) in the basement on the walls.

Remediating the mold -- if it's really just in the basement -- shouldn't be more than a couple thousand dollars (and could be significantly less), but until you fix the source of the moisture that's feeding the mold, it's just going to come back.Depending on the cause of the moisture, the fix could be cheap and easy, or it could be very expensive and very difficult.I would recommend first talking to a qualified mold remediation company.

I went through my lease and it does mention that mold and mildew can occur from the moisture content of the area we live in (near the beach) but this level of mold has to be unsanitary and is damaging our items.

I have seen people glue down hardwood on slab here in TX, personally I would never do it due to the moisture issues but you will probably get a few people saying it is ok.I would choose engineered wood floating on top of a pad with waterproof membrane (like the ones you use under laminate.

Any tips would be appreciated but I do plan on taking out anything that has moisture then getting rid of any mold and drying everything out before sealing up the wall again and sealing up the tile.