There can be many reasons for the appearance of moisture. It is necessary to determine the factor due to which dampness appeared, influence it and bring the situation back to normal. In some cases, disinfection is necessary. Such complications appear due to improperly organized ventilation and waterproofing. If this is not dealt with, the problem will soon return. Much depends on the temperature in the cellar. Therefore, before drying the room, check that the ventilation pipes and waterproofing are in order.

Eliminate the causes of dampness in the basement

Why is there dampness in the basement

Condensation in the basement can appear for various reasons. The most frequent of them:

1. Incorrect ventilation. The problem initially lies in the errors and shortcomings of the design of the premises. Because of this, it is broken. The most common mistake is poor slab overlap. Debris could get into the ventilation pipes.
   

   Important! If there is a temperature difference between the indoor and outdoor areas, condensation will form on the windows and ceiling. Moisture will soon cause mold.

   Groundwater has risen. This problem is relevant in spring and autumn. Heavy rains permeate the soil with moisture. This contributes to the humidity in the cellar. Due to poor drainage of the soil through a system of trenches and pipes, moisture accumulates in the cellar more and more.

   Cracks. Dampness in the cellar penetrates into the cellar from the soil with cracks and faults. The problem lies in an incorrectly structured foundation. Temperature fluctuations will contribute to the formation of condensate. Such a problem leads to cracks or even collapses in the basement.

   In this video, we will consider the causes of dampness in the basement:

   Signs of high humidity in underground storage

   There are several ways to detect high humidity in basements. The easiest is to find the instructions for the refrigerator. It specifies the humidity level. It is very similar to the norm in underground premises: 85-95%. A hygrometer will help with this - a device for determining the humidity of a room.

   If there is no such device, you can use other methods:

   1. Pour into a glass of water. Send to freeze in the refrigerator for a day.
   2. Take it out and put it in the cellar.
   3. The glass will fog up. According to its further state, humidity can be determined. If the walls of the glass are dry, the humidity is lowered. If the state has not changed, the humidity is normalized. If dripping drops appear, the humidity is increased.

   But you can also find out the humidity by simply looking at the general condition of the cellar:

   • condensate;
   • humidity on the floor;
   • heavy air.

   If no action is taken, the consequences will not please:

   1. There will be mold and fungi that can cause respiratory diseases.
   2. Food will start to spoil.
   3. The walls will collapse.

   Effective methods of struggle

   Before you begin to deal with moisture, you need to determine the causes of its occurrence. All further actions depend on it. The reasons can be identified by the location of moisture.

   1. If on the ceiling and walls, ventilation problems.
   2. There are only on the walls, vertical waterproofing of the walls is needed.
   3. If on the floor, groundwater has increased in volume.

   External waterproofing

   Check the quality of the installation, there may be problems with slopes and downpipes. Damage to the drainage system is possible.

   If you don't have waterproofing installed at all, consider designing it. Later, protect the exterior walls from moisture:

   1. Remove blind areas.
   2. Dig out 0.5 m from the walls around the entire perimeter.
   3. Dry the outer walls.
   4. Lubricate the wall with antifungal mixtures.
   5. Lubricate the wall with mastics, clay or concrete (one thing).
   6. Install blind areas. They are fixed 0.5 m above the ground
   7. Fill in the hole.

   Installed moisture insulation system will help remove dampness.

   Internal waterproofing device

   In addition to the external drainage system, it is necessary to make an internal one, with the help of which the required temperature in the cellar is maintained. Procedure:

   1. Dry the room.
   2. Put the walls in order, remove the old whitewash.
   3. Clear the gaps.
   4. Use the antifungal mixture again.
   5. Cover the walls with waterproofing compound.

   
   Protect your basement from moisture

   Your damp basement will no longer be like this, waterproofing will not allow excess moisture to penetrate inside.

   Ventilation system

   An additional ventilation system will help remove moisture in the basement. It is installed in violation of air exchange. There are two types of such ventilation:

   1. Natural. With it, the so-called. "vents" - holes throughout the room. According to the established norm, their area should be related to the area of ​​the entire room as 1:400.
   2. Forced. It is more often used in large rooms. It involves the installation of special equipment. It lets fresh air into the room if necessary.

   Forced installation costs a lot.

   How to dry out a basement

   How to dry a cellar in a garage, house, summer kitchen? Dampness in the basement is a big problem. Usually it appears due to the incorrect design of the entire room. The temperature in the basement must also be constantly maintained.

   Drying options

   Drying can be done in three effective ways: using a brazier, a candle and a special dehumidifier.

   Drying with a roaster:

   • open absolutely all the holes;
   • we put the brazier;
   • kindle a fire in it;
   • We wait until the warm air leaves the room through the open holes.

   We dry the cellar with a candle. This method is easier than the previous one, but takes much longer. It must be placed exactly under the air outlet.

   Dry using a desiccant. This method is used more often for large rooms. The device can show the level of humidity. It is best to dry periodically, little by little.

   How to prevent high humidity

   In this case, it is easier and less costly to take preventive measures than to get rid of them. All problems can be solved if the room is properly designed.

   Basic Rules:

   1. The material of load-bearing walls and floors should not let water through in any state of aggregation. Use concrete of the highest grades for this.
   2. Be sure to carry out a waterproofing system.
   3. Draw a blind area around the cellar.
   4. Organize the ventilation system well.
   5. Between the main and underground premises, conduct a vapor barrier.

   How can you process the cellar

   There are several ways to process an underground room: lime, sulfur, copper sulphate. But all these methods are toxic for both humans and vegetables.

   Many still use tars, bitumen, drying oil for processing boards. It works, but not for the short term. It can also be bad for vegetables.

   The safest are lime and blue vitriol. Some of them even process plants.

   How best to get rid of dampness in the basement

   First, determine where the dampness comes from. Inside or outside?

   If the problem is internal, a well-installed ventilation system will help. Two pipes will be enough. You need to place them in opposite corners, at different levels.

   If the problem comes from outside, then the source may be groundwater, heavy rainfall. Drying the room will help to cope with all problems. How to carry it out is indicated above.

   How to get rid of condensate in the cellar

   Condensation is removed in many ways. In some cases, one small action helps, in others you have to sweat.

   Each type of storage has its own temperature. What temperature should be in the cellar with vegetables? The norm is considered to be not lower than 0 ° C. Approximate humidity - 70-95%. It is important to maintain the necessary indicators in the cellar.

   In the fight against condensate will help: internal and external waterproofing, vapor barrier, exhaust, ceiling insulation.

Dampness in the cellar is a huge problem for most summer residents and suburban residents. As a rule, humidity rises due to poor-quality thermal or waterproofing, as well as due to the large amount of fruits and vegetables stored indoors. In some cases, condensation forms due to the lack of a ventilation system. Whatever the reason, a wet cellar is in no way suitable for storing food in it, which, with constant exposure to moisture, will quickly deteriorate. That is why moisture must be removed and completely eliminated from such a phenomenon as condensate. We will talk today about how to dry the cellar and properly prepare it for laying the crop.

Carrying out preparatory work

Humidity in the cellar, as a rule, is at a high enough level, so condensation forms on the walls and ceiling. Preparatory work includes the complete release of the premises from the vegetables stored there since last year (they are no longer suitable for consumption, so it is best to remove them from storage).

In addition, it is recommended to temporarily get rid of the wooden elements of the room (racks, pallets, various bins, boxes, shelves, etc.). All wooden structures must be taken outside, then washed with hot water and soapy water. They must be completely dry before further use.

Before dehumidifying the air in the storage, all supplies and products from there should be taken out.

A fairly common and effective method of disinfecting the wooden elements of the storage is to apply a layer of whitewash with the addition of ordinary copper sulphate. As a whitewash, as a rule, ordinary lime acts, which can be found on sale in any store. Humidity and condensation in this case will not affect the wood.

In addition, in order to protect wooden elements from mold and fungus, it is necessary to apply antiseptic impregnation to them. You can use any composition sold in the store.

The walls and ceiling of the vault can also be whitewashed and dried later. Otherwise, due to increased dampness in the room, it will not be possible to keep the crop in the proper form. In the fall, when it rains continuously, it will not be possible to dry the cellar efficiently, so all work should be carried out in the summer.

How is storage drying?

In order to get rid of excess moisture in the cellar, it is not enough just to open all the ventilation holes and the manhole cover. In the cellar, the air will systematically cool down, and the moisture from it will condense, so it will not work to dry the underground room with ordinary ventilation. Humidity and condensate, even after several days of keeping the storage with the hatch open, will not go anywhere. To dry the cellar before the seasonal laying of the crop, more radical methods should be used.

There are several of the most common ways in which the drying of the room is carried out. Humidity and condensation are a big problem, but with forced drying, they are easy to get rid of.

So, you can remove excess dampness, humidity and condensate in the following ways:

• Drying a cellar or vegetable store with an iron stove.
• Drying the basement using a brazier.
• The use of the most common candles, which will improve the natural draft of air.
• The use of special dehumidifiers.

It should be noted that heating the storage with an iron stove is extremely time-consuming and troublesome, so it is recommended to abandon this method immediately. And not everyone has the opportunity to install such a stove in storage. It is better to use the remaining three methods, since it is important to dry the cellar quickly and without unnecessary hassle.

Fast drying with a roaster

You can remove excess air humidity and condensate from the cellar using the simplest brazier. This device of small size (portable) is in almost any suburban economy. In any case, you can ask your neighbors.

The brazier quickly heats up the air in the room.

Before drying the cellar with a brazier, it is necessary to partially get rid of excess dampness by natural drying for several days. In this case, the brazier will only “finish off” the remaining dampness, humidity and condensate.

If you did not find a suitable device for drying or a brazier, then you can make it yourself from the simplest old bucket.

The drying process itself is as follows:

• Before drying, we open all the holes that go to the cellar (manhole, ventilation pipes).
• Next, we lower our brazier (bucket) to the bottom of the storage. You can do it yourself or with a rope and a hook.
• We kindle a fire in the brazier. It must be maintained for some time until the damp air completely leaves the room.
• According to the laws of physics, warm and dry air from the bottom of the cellar will gradually rise, displacing damp air into open holes. After some time, the cellar will dry out completely.

The principle of drying the basement using a brazier from an ordinary bucket.

Before drying the cellar in this way, it is necessary to provide for some nuances:

1. To ignite the brazier, it is recommended to use sawdust and wood chips. As soon as the fire breaks out, larger wood can be thrown into the brazier. It is important that the brazier is ignited before you lower it to the bottom of the cellar.
2. The heat from the fire will quickly warm up the room, bringing damp air out. In turn, dry air will quickly spread through the cellar. It is necessary that the whole room is saturated with smoke. This will get rid of any biological activity in the storage, which also negatively affects the storage of vegetables and fruits. The effect of heating the air in this case will persist for a long time.

However, the condensate in the cellar does not always disappear immediately after drying, so you need to wait a bit and, if necessary, repeat the event, as well as check the quality of the ventilation system.

Drying the cellar with a candle

If you don't feel like messing around with the brazier, there's an easier way to keep your cellar dry and damp. To do this, you need the most ordinary candle.

The candle must be placed under the exhaust pipe.

A lit candle, placed under the exhaust duct, will increase the air draft, and also allow you to get rid of dampness. It will take much longer to dry the cellar with a candle than with a brazier, but if you have nowhere to rush, then this method can be used without problems.

When using the candle drying method, it is required to increase the length of the ventilation pipe (inlet if two pipes are used). This must be done. Further, a lit candle is installed directly under the inlet of the exhaust pipe. The candle is best placed in a small container (for example, in a jar).

To give a certain impulse, which will become the beginning of air draft, it is necessary to set fire to a paper sheet in the exhaust pipe. Next, the thrust will be maintained by a candle flame.

It has already been noted above that this is a slow drying method and it can be used if you have enough time. All work on drying the cellar is best done a few days before harvesting, so that the room has time to warm up, dry out and get rid of all biological activity. With the help of a lit candle, you can dry the cellar in 3-4 days. During this time, you will have to change a few candles.

If the cellar is large, then getting rid of dampness and humidity with a candle will not work.

Air dryers

Since it is difficult to dry a large cellar with improvised means, special dehumidifiers are used to effectively get rid of moisture. These devices allow you to dry the room qualitatively, and then maintain the humidity indicator at a normal level. It is advisable to dry the air in the cellar periodically.

Appearance and scheme of operation of the dehumidifier.

Dehumidifiers are especially relevant in the commercial operation of basements and vegetable stores. Modern dehumidifiers are sold in large hardware stores, as well as in specialized departments, so there will be no problems with their purchase. For information on how to dry a cellar with a dehumidifier, it is best to ask a sales assistant who will be able to advise a model suitable for your room.

The principle of drying stagnant and damp air in the basement is that moisture always condenses on cold surfaces. The air passing through a conventional dehumidifier is cooled, and the moisture settles in a special receiver, after which it drops into a drip tray. Dehumidifiers work on the principle of cooling the air, not heating it (unlike a brazier and a candle), so the appliance will cool the cellar to some extent. However, on sale you can find such devices that at the outlet will heat the air to its original temperature.

Modern dehumidifiers work on the basis of freon (like refrigerators and air conditioners). The air will enter the dehumidifier with the help of a fan. If your home also has humid air, then a basement dehumidifier is fine for use in other areas of the building as well.

Which method to choose?

You can make the cellar absolutely dry and suitable for storing fruits and vegetables using any of the proposed methods. You should choose one or another method based on the total area of ​​\u200b\u200byour cellar. For example, there is no need to buy an expensive dehumidifier if your cellar does not exceed 2 square meters. m. In this case, the problem of humidity is easily solved with the help of a brazier or a candle.

It will be possible to lower fruits and vegetables into the cellar immediately after all work on drying the premises is completed. It should be noted that it is not recommended to dry the cellar additionally during operation. This approach will negatively affect the quality of stored vegetables.

In order to avoid the need to often dry the cellar, it is necessary to foresee the presence of a high-quality ventilation system in advance. For small cellars, a design of two pipes (supply and exhaust) located at different heights is quite suitable. They will provide continuous replacement of air. If the cellar has a large area, then a forced ventilation device is recommended. In addition, if it is the floor of a dwelling, it will be necessary to make high-quality thermal insulation of the floor. The cold air from the storage should not be allowed to affect the microclimate in the house.

The basement under the house can be used both as a cellar for food and as a utility room. However, the humidity in the basement can nullify all plans. The appearance of moisture usually leads to dampness and mold in the room. And the appearance of puddles on the floor completely makes the basement unusable. In addition, mold and puddles are dangerous for the structures of the house itself.

Causes of moisture in the basement

Before you start an uncompromising fight against dampness, you must first find out why it appeared. There are usually two reasons:

1. Penetration of moisture into the basement from the ground.
2. its condensation from the air.

From the soil, moisture penetrates into the basement quite easily. Here, both a capillary penetration path, through microscopic pores in the material itself, and a direct ingress of water through cracks in the foundation are possible. It should be noted that almost all building materials have microscopic pores - concrete, brick and wood.

Direct entry of moisture into the basement through cracks in the foundation is the scourge of many old houses. There is a whole range of problems that the owner of the house will have to solve.

When moisture condenses, water droplets appear on the ceiling and walls. The reason is the temperature difference between the air and the walls, floor and ceiling in the basement. Often, condensation is also complicated by capillary penetration of moisture through the walls. Therefore, it is desirable to approach the solution of the problem in a comprehensive manner.

There is one rule that helps to determine for what reason moisture appeared in the basement.

If water drips from the ceiling and collects on the top of the walls, then the problem is the condensation of water droplets from the vapors in the air.

And if water appears as drops along the bottom of the walls and stands in puddles on the floor, then the problem is in the penetration of groundwater. Methods for solving these problems are slightly different.

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Moisture condensation on cellar structures

How to remove humidity if it is caused by the temperature difference between the air and basement structures? First of all, you need to understand why the air in the basement suddenly starts to warm up.

Often you can find statements that the cause of condensation in the cellar is warm air, the source of which is the basement. However, the question arises - why does warm air descend into the cellar, because usually only cold air layers move down?

It should be remembered that the proximity to warm layers of air always leads to heating of the underlying cold layers. Thus, even through small gaps in the floor and the door, heat will flow down. The air warms up quickly. For example, it takes 3,000 times less energy to heat 1 m³ of air by 1˚ C than to heat the same amount of water by 1˚.

Heating the air leads to an increase in its specific humidity, since the heated air can contain more water vapor. Water vapor in this case can come both from the ground, through the pores in the basement walls, and from above, from the house, through cracks in the cellar door or holes in the ceiling.

And here the solution to the problem depends on the purpose of the basement. The cellar for food is insulated from above, along the ceiling and the door, and the cellar for personal needs from below, along the walls and floor.

The reason is simple - in the cellar for storing food, a stable low temperature is needed, so the room must be protected from the influx of heat from above. As a result, the difference in air temperatures and basement structures is destroyed, which allows removing moisture from the cellars.

And for utility rooms it is better to create a comfortable temperature, so the best way out is to sheathe the walls with an insulator and insulate the floor. In this case, the basement temperature will rise, but the dew point, that is, the thickness of the partition on which condensation occurs, will be recessed inside the walls. This will help remove moisture from the basement, making it more comfortable for people along the way, bringing its temperature closer to the air temperature in the basement.

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Basement insulation for food storage

In the first case, you need to start with the thermal insulation of the door. It is best to cover it with sheet foam or polystyrene foam. The thickness of the heat insulator must be at least 5 cm. The blocks or sheets are fastened to the door using a special construction adhesive.

On top of the thermal insulation, the door can be upholstered with leatherette or covered with a waterproofing film, which are now many in hardware stores. In addition, the opening should be pasted over with a rubber seal around the entire perimeter to avoid heat leakage. The place where the door jamb connects to the floor must be cleaned of chips and debris, and then filled with mounting foam. Then, during the day, the door is not touched so that the foam can completely harden. The next day, the foam is trimmed with a knife and covered with plaster.

The thermal insulation of the ceiling for concrete and wooden basement floors is carried out in various ways. In the case of a concrete floor, the following work must be done:

1. Lubrication of all joints and seams of the ceiling with a cement mixture (it is possible to add liquid glass to the mixture).
2. Sheathing or pasting the ceiling with insulation boards (polystyrene, expanded polystyrene).
3. Insulation coating with special plaster.

For a wooden floor, the following work will have to be done:

1. The device on the beams and logs of the subfloor overlap (facing the cellar).
2. Lining the subfloor from the side of the basement floor with a vapor barrier film.
3. Laying bulk insulation (expanded clay, slag, sand).

To arrange a draft floor, you have to open it. However, if there is no desire to perform such a large amount of work, you can simply fix the crate on the floor beams from the side of the cellar, put insulation sheets into it, and then cover everything with a vapor barrier film. To do this, you can use 2.5 cm nails, after placing a rubber square on each nail to seal.

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Basement insulation intended for utility room

Wall cladding in such a basement can be done both with the help of sheet insulation and with the help of sprayed insulation. However, the walls should first be coated with cement milk. This is necessary to close the capillary pores of the material itself. Adding liquid glass to the cement will result in better insulation. Then, sheets of insulation are glued on top or reinforced with crates. Finally, the walls are covered with plaster. For greater decorativeness, you can create false walls by upholstering them with gypsum-fiber sheets (GVL), laying them out with tiles.

Floor insulation is best combined with waterproofing. To do this, the following work is performed on the floor of the basement:

1. Laying waterproofing (roofing material with sizing bituminous mastic).
2. Filling a layer of insulation in 5-10 cm (expanded clay, slag, sand).
3. Laying a sand-cement screed 4-7 cm thick over the insulation.

These works can be carried out both on top of compacted soil and on top of an existing concrete pavement.

Petr Kravets

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As a rule, dampness in the basement of the garage occurs due to errors and shortcomings during the construction of the structure.

But it is quite difficult to predict in advance the appearance of certain causes of humidity in the cellar, and sometimes it is completely impossible, then you have to solve the problem of how to remove dampness in the basement of the garage.

Just starting to build a garage, it is much easier to carry out work to ensure dryness in a room than to equip an already operated basement. The estimated scope of work includes waterproofing protection and ventilation.

Waterproofing work in the construction of a garage

In the construction of a basement under a garage, it is best to use concrete slabs or poured concrete masses, both for walls and for floors. Do not use materials that have a porous structure - foam blocks, bricks and expanded clay.

When choosing between tape arrangement and monolithic construction, one must proceed from financial possibilities and construction time.

The monolithic method is more expensive and more complicated, but much stronger and more durable. To avoid groundwater in the pit, all work should be started in the summer, in dry weather. The gaps between the foundation pit and the basement walls are filled with a 20 cm layer of clay.

If groundwater passes above the floor in the basement, waterproofing with roofing material in several layers under the base of the floors is necessary. In this case, a pillow is made of clay or bituminous rubble.

In any concrete used in basement work, special waterproof components are added. Yes, the construction will be more expensive in this case, but this method is more logical. Insulation with hot bitumen is also made along the side surfaces of the base, which descend deep into the soil.

If the soil is damp, although there are no underground sources, the waterproofing is made pasted, using a bituminous roofing material.

The walls are processed in their underground part, and a castle is made from clay, tightly packed on top. A drainage system is being installed around the entire perimeter to drain water from precipitation.

Of modern waterproof materials, it is recommended to use a PVC membrane with a layer of at least 1.5 mm. During the construction of reinforced concrete, it is embroidered with a solution with waterproofing impurities.

Drainage of the basement in the garage

Before laying waterproofing in the basement, it must be drained. This is done in the warm season in the absence of precipitation. The room is freed from all items in it. The floor is cleaned of debris and the basement in the garage (cellar) is ventilated for three days. Then the drying of the room begins.

Using a brazier for drying is one of the simplest methods that does not require special skills and equipment.

Any unnecessary bucket is placed in the center of the room, a fire is made in the container and maintained for several hours to eliminate excess moisture. To make the fire more stable, holes are made in the bottom and placed on a heat-resistant tray so that there is traction from below.

When burning, the air in the basement heats up and provides enhanced air exchange, and the smoke rids the surface of fungus and mold, as well as rodents and insects.

The candle method is not much more complicated, but just as effective. For this, a pipe is brought out from the floor itself. The candle is fixed in a container and placed at the end of the pipe, paper is set on fire for initial draft, and then the candle will provide natural draft.

This design should dry the basement for three days, until the cellar is completely dry. Instead of a candle, a tablet of any dry combustible substance with a similar effect is sometimes used.

External drainage

Effective in the fight against dampness and drainage, which removes moisture outside the garage or into the sewer. But such an arrangement is possible only with a separate garage. It is better to provide for such a system during construction, but if this has not been done, it can also be done in an operated garage.

• On the basement floor, markings are applied around the entire perimeter and a trench is dug 40-50 cm wide and of the same depth;
• Wells are made to the first sandy layer every 2 meters. PVC pipes are inserted into the wells and covered with gratings with a fine-grained mesh so that crumbling soil does not fall into them;
• At the bottom of the ditch, going onto its walls, a layer of geotextile is laid out and covered with gravel or crushed stone just above the bottom point of the basement wall. Well rammed;
• The edges of the canvas are wrapped on gravel, which resembles a kind of drainage pipe;
• Fall asleep with a layer of soil and compact.

internal drainage

You can also make drainage inside the basement, for this, pipes are buried around the entire perimeter of the base of the basement, which are connected to each other. These are drains that will collect the accumulated water.

As a rule, take a diameter of about 110 mm. Holes are made in all pipes at the same distance, if the floor has already been laid, it must be broken and then a new one must be laid.

• To begin with, they dig a trench 0.5 m deep, the bottom is covered with a material that absorbs moisture and is not susceptible to fungus;
• The trench is covered with gravel for 15-20 cm, drains are laid with a slope of 0.03 cm per meter of length;
• The ditch is covered to the very edge with gravel of the middle fraction. Cover with another layer of textile on top, cover with soil or sand and thoroughly compact;
• Calculate the low point of the basement and equip there a well, a catchment area. You can buy it ready-made, or make it yourself;
• A pump with an overflow sensor is placed in the well, which is connected when the system is filled with water. It automatically starts the process of pumping water out of the site or into the sewer pipeline.

Injection waterproofing

A new, but already well-established way to combat dampness is injection protection. The method is costly and requires special equipment; it can be applied as efficiently as possible on any surface, even brick or foam block.

• Holes with a diameter of 1.5-4 mm are drilled in the walls of the basement along the perimeter of the base every 20-80 cm (depending on the thickness of the walls and the density of the soil);
• Expanding packers are installed, into which an isolation solution with polymers is injected with a pump under pressure;
• The composition is sprayed until a damp spot emerges from the outside. The hole is closed in a day.

Injection protection can be done all year round without destroying the basement structure. The composition with polymer impurities is the most durable and environmentally friendly among all waterproofing agents.

It tightly fills all the defects of the coating. Among the materials, four varieties can be distinguished: microcements, epoxy, acrylate and polyurethane.

The last two groups are considered the most effective due to plasticity and stability under heavy loads. By consistency, they are close to water, therefore they freely penetrate into the base material.

Penetrating waterproofing

The principle of operation of penetrating waterproofing is based on the emergence of new molecular bonds in the base material. When impregnated with the composition, all the pores of the structure are blocked. The pioneer was the Danish company Vandex. Domestic analogues - Hydrohit, Lakhta, Coral, Aquatron, Kalmatron, etc.

The composition is applied to walls made of concrete or brick, and you do not need to dig them out for waterproofing. Surfaces are cleaned from dirt, degreased. Mold and fungus are removed first.

In the seams, recesses are made by 2 cm, all cracks are expanded by 20 mm and deepened by 25 mm. The mixture is diluted with water and applied to a wet surface.

How to dry the cellar in the garage is a question that worries many owners of garage boxes. The work is not difficult, but requires certain knowledge and skills. First of all, it is important to understand the cause of the damp atmosphere, and only then proceed to eliminate it.

Mold has appeared in the garage, start looking for the cause, and only then proceed to dry the cellar.

Reasons for increasing air humidity

It is necessary to think about preventing increased moisture in the basement even during the construction of the garage, but if trouble occurs, you should pay attention to:

• the health of the cellar ventilation system. Check the air draft, perhaps the ventilation pipe is clogged or iced up in winter from condensate. In this case, you can consider yourself lucky. It will be much more difficult to fix another cause of moisture in the garage;
• perhaps the builders did not waterproof the basement or it is damaged. In this case, you will need to spend money on the purchase of a penetrating waterproofing composition or cover it with a layer of internal or external protection of the basement from water.

Only by eliminating the cause, you can begin to dry the cellar in the garage.

Damp removal work in the garage

The whole process is divided into several main stages, we will analyze each of them in more detail.

Preparatory stage

First of all, you will need to disassemble and remove all wooden parts from the cellar. To do this, you will need to disassemble the racks or shelves, lift the boxes and barrels for pickles. If the basement is equipped with a wooden floor, you will need to carefully disassemble it. If the wood is suitable for subsequent use, the boards are dried outside and treated with an antiseptic or whitened with lime.

If the humidity is low, you can try to dry the garage by opening the cellar hatch and boxing doors on a sunny, hot summer day. You may need to repeat this operation several times. If the dampness is negligible and the ventilation is working properly, such work can solve the problem of a damp wall.

To check the operation of ventilation, it is enough to light a paper or a lighter and bring it to the pipe. If the air does not pass well, the flame will burn evenly, with a good exhaust, the fire deviates and trembles, and may even go out completely. Cleaning ventilation pipes is easy. Lower the rope into the pipe, tie a brush or a rag to it in the basement and pull the brush up. Thus, the pipe will be cleaned, there will be no mold in the basement of the garage.

Cope with a small damp spot on the wall, in addition to natural ventilation, a brought container with charcoal, sawdust or lime will help. These materials absorb moisture, but after processing, do not leave a container with them in the cellar.

If the dampness in the basement is not removed using natural ventilation, you can proceed to radical methods. Before this, the walls and floor must be cleaned of dirt and plaque. To remove the fungus, in the garage, all surfaces are treated with a special impregnation or a concentrated solution of manganese.

If the floors in the garage are earth or clay, you will need to remove and remove the top layer, treat with manganese and cover with an even layer of sand or clay.

How to dry the basement in the garage, if simple methods did not work out? There are several ways to eliminate dampness in the cellar.

Methods for forced drying of the cellar.

There are several ways to get rid of dampness in the cellar, each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages.

It is important to know! All work to dry the air in the basement should be carried out in the summer, during hot and dry weather.

How to dry the basement in the garage with a candle?

This is the oldest, proven way to deal with moist air. To do this, it is enough to install a large paraffin candle in a jar or other non-combustible container and install it near the ventilation pipe at a short distance from the floor. This allows you to increase the circulation of air masses and replace damp, musty air in the cellar.

During processing, the cellar lid must be open. With the help of a candle, damp air is replaced by dry atmospheric air and the wall gradually dries out. But the candle can go out with gusts of wind, so it is recommended to replace it with dry alcohol and a burner.

Continue processing until the wall is completely dry. Dry alcohol, when burned, releases chemical elements that work as antiseptics and help get rid of fungus in the basement. But you should stock up on a sufficient amount of the substance, it may take 15-20 tablets to process a small basement.

If candles and dry alcohol do not help, you do not get rid of moisture, try the following method.

Processing with a roaster

How to get rid of mold in the basement, perhaps a homemade brazier from an old bucket or a small barrel will help. Having made 2-3 holes in the upper and lower parts of the bucket, we install it on the ground. The brazier should stand at a distance of 60-70 mm from the floor. Several bricks can be used for the stand. You need to install a bucket under the hatch. Having securely hooked the hook with the cable to the shackle, we take it out to the garage.

Having loaded the first bookmark from coal and firewood, we ignite the mixture. It is impossible to be in the basement during processing, a large amount of carbon monoxide is released. Therefore, the subsequent bookmarks of fuel are carried out at the top, then the brazier goes down to the basement.

Due to the gap between the bucket and the floor, a natural draft is formed, it remains to monitor the combustion and lay firewood in time. Processing lasts for 12-15 hours. At the same time, hot smoke immediately begins to displace moisture from the room, will gradually dry the walls and remove harmful microflora and fungus. Firewood is best used from hardwood, acacia, birch will keep burning for a long time, remove an unpleasant odor.

But there are situations when more effective methods are required. How to dry the cellar in the garage after flooding, in this case, the treatment of the room will help with the help of electric heating devices of various power.

How to get rid of dampness with electricity?

Such treatment is carried out for quick relief in case of flooding or a significant level of air humidity. It prevents the defeat of the basement by fungal spores. In this case, you can use oil radiators, heat guns, converter heaters or infrared heaters. The work is carried out according to a similar scheme, but a person can go down to the cellar to transfer heaters.

The most important thing is to quickly remove moisture so that the treated surfaces become dry, like the air in the room. Be sure, after the first heating of the cellar, open the basement door to quickly remove stale air. The best option is a powerful heat gun. Such a device not only dries the air, but also ensures its circulation during processing.

But it should be understood that the use of powerful electric heaters will require additional costs to pay the energy bills.

How to remove dampness faster when processing with open fire, for this it is enough to connect several fans that will remove moist heated air and provide forced ventilation of the cellar. But if we process a small room, for the purpose of prevention before laying vegetables for the winter, it will be enough to use dry fuel with additional fumigation of the basement with a sulfur checker.

Such treatment will not only dry the cellar, in this case we get rid of harmful microorganisms and fungi.
How to get rid of fungus and damp air in the basement of the garage - in conclusion, here are some tips.
To maintain a dry microclimate in the basement, you can install small fans in the ventilation pipes. In this case, the air will constantly change, and dampness will not be able to develop mycelium.

What to do if the fungus has already appeared on the wall. A simple, uncomplicated operation will help to remove it. It is necessary to clean the wall of dirt and mycelium, dry the surfaces and treat them with industrial impregnations or a solution of potassium permanganate.

The fight against fungi and mold helps a simple sulfur checker. This treatment is carried out before laying vegetables. It is not recommended to repeat fumigation with sulfur or to warm up the air. In addition to waterproofing, the basement must have a sufficient layer of thermal insulation to prevent cold, damp air from entering the room.

Such simple and inexpensive methods will allow you to maintain a constant microclimate in the basement of the garage and provide optimal conditions for storing vegetables.