Recent content by richmondcd

No. These homes are single wall redwood with no insulation of any kind. They have horizontal louver style windows with no weather treatment whatsoever. They have no conditioned spaces. The weather/humidity outside is the weather/humidity inside, all the time, instantly. They are on solid slabs...

If you thought water would be a problem would you opt to level up using concrete or self levelling compound of some kind? Could a sleeper be built out of material no susceptible to water? (Plastics or foam of some kind?)

Thanks. I'll post some pictures later. Right now the patios is about 4 inches from grade(same as home slab) and about 2 inches at the sloped end away from the house. I should note that this patio doesn't ever get wet, even in heavy rain(here in Hawaii) because the yard has really good drainage...

Hello. I have a completely roofed(permitted, hurricane proofed, ready to go) patio that I am going to build an addition under. The existing patio is I'd say 2 inches below the rest of the slab that the house is built on and I need to level that up. I will eventually be continuing the...