[Allie65]

Just moved into a villa. I noticed as I returned home that there was water along my floors besides both sides of my front door. A friendly neighbor came by and informed me that the walls were wet. There was water dripping from the door frame. Has anybody encountered this? I did notice a mildew smell outside.I thought it was the planters and had them emptied .Maybe its the sweaty walls?

[PGApromike]

It was the humidity change Friday. I just turned on fans in lanai where I saw it and next morning was better. Nothing to worry about.

[Allie65]

Thank you

[retiredguy123]

I had the exact same thing happen on Friday. It's rare, but nothing to worry about. It is just humidity.

[Craig Vernon]

First, I have heard of this good stuff. Thanks for posting.

[RICH1]

sweating ? that's interesting .... i was thinking a broken sprinkler system head...

[CarlR33]

Originally Posted by RICH1

sweating ? that's interesting .... i was thinking a broken sprinkler system head...

Or a head that is not aimed properly and spraying the walls or door?

[retiredguy123]

This was a very strange occurrence. It was caused by a combination of rain, wind, and humidity. The exterior concrete walls around my front door were covered with water from the floor to the ceiling, and water was dripping off of the door frame. There was no leak or sprinkler issue.

[LeRoySmith]

This is there same as a cold glass of ice tea (or a cold can of beer) sweating on a hot summer day. When the temperature of a surface is below dewpoint the moisture will condense on that surface.

[La lamy]

All my walls and floors got damp on Friday too. The humidity was crazy. Ended up shutting all the windows, and running the AC, and it took care of it.

[Sully2023]

Originally Posted by Allie65

Just moved into a villa. I noticed as I returned home that there was water along my floors besides both sides of my front door. A friendly neighbor came by and informed me that the walls were wet. There was water dripping from the door frame. Has anybody encountered this? I did notice a mildew smell outside.I thought it was the planters and had them emptied .Maybe its the sweaty walls?

Interesting you mentioned this. A few days ago I had a door to door salesman stop. When I was talking to him outside my front door area I noticed the walls were really wet and the floor was wet along the bottom of the walls. It was the first time I noticed it. I do not have any mold and the sprinklers are not near the walls. They had to be sweating from the humidity outside.

[gbs317]

I found this article on sweating concrete walls…
How to Stop Concrete Sweating > Articles > Ghostshield(R).

At least the walls aren’t bleeding 🩸

[DonnaNi4os]

I had a call from a neighbor who thought her roof was leaking. It was not. The extreme changes we have been experiencing is causing condensation. In other words it is simply the dew point. Our concrete homes retain the cold on exterior surfaces. Then warm humid air is brought along with a new weather front and the result is condensation which can actual drip from the walls of your lanai, front porch and exterior walls too. This morning my windows are fogged. With the warmer weather today followed by the expected extreme drop in temperature tomorrow you can expect it to happen again. There really is nothing you can do about it.

[Regorp]

Originally Posted by Allie65

Just moved into a villa. I noticed as I returned home that there was water along my floors besides both sides of my front door. A friendly neighbor came by and informed me that the walls were wet. There was water dripping from the door frame. Has anybody encountered this? I did notice a mildew smell outside.I thought it was the planters and had them emptied .Maybe its the sweaty walls?

Been in my villa more than a year in DeLuna have never seen this happen. Other than rain soaking the lanai in heavy storm. Will watch for sweating in future. Thanks.

[Allie65]

Ditto!