Building dryer - a must?

Hello,

We had the fast binder applied (free of charge). The disadvantage for us: the screed has settled - and that after 1 year. As a result, the baseboards hang up to 1 cm in the air. I don't know if that would have happened with normal screed.

This is initially normal, which is why you will also find in all construction descriptions the note that silicone joints are subject to maintenance by the homeowner and therefore are not covered by the provider’s warranty. For this reason, we, for example, point out that baseboards – if desired – should only be installed later.

From what I have observed, a fast binder not only dries the screed faster but also causes it to sink more overall. However, since all this still happens within the range of tolerance, you as the homeowner have to accept it.

This shows once again – even if only at a small point in the construction work – that providers from earlier years, who built over a significantly longer period, in my opinion, should not be called "old-fashioned." In our fast-paced times, where houses should ideally be ready for occupancy yesterday, there are quite a few consequences due to this "rush-rush" approach.

Best regards from the Rhineland

@Bauexperte: Then we are lucky. In our case, the silicone joints in the wet areas are immediately repaired by the house builder (and for the first 5 years). We only outsourced everything except the tiles, and we were not aware of the settling of the screed. That's why there are gaps everywhere now that no one wants to fix.

Hi
Screed on Wednesday then in for three weeks - but still lots of dark spots.
Hope that today, or at the latest tomorrow, the suppliers lay the pipes inside,
so that the heating engineer can install this week and start the heating operation.
At 6°C indoor temperature, drying won't work without heating.
Regards
Chris

Since last Wednesday, we have had two fan heaters in the house - one in the dining room, one in the upstairs bathroom.

As a result, the house is not only "cozy" warm but also very humid - like in a Turkish steam bath. Although in the last few days I have had the feeling that it is not quite as humid anymore. At the end of last week, the painters were also here; they plastered our walls.

You can really see how the fans are pulling the moisture out of the floor. This costs a lot of construction electricity, but otherwise we probably wouldn't get the screed dry so quickly.

We also hope that the supplier will come this week and lay the pipes for us. At the moment, they simply have too much to do.

Since last Wednesday, we have had two fan heaters in the house - one in the dining room, one in the upstairs bathroom. This makes the house not only "cozy" warm but also very humid - like in a Turkish steam bath. However, in the last few days, I have the feeling that it is no longer quite as humid. At the end of last week, the painters were also here, patching our walls. You can really see how the fan heaters are pulling the moisture out of the floor. This does cost a lot of construction electricity, but otherwise, we probably wouldn't get the screed dried so quickly. We also hope that the supplier will come this week and lay the pipes for us. They currently simply have too much to do.

Hello, now I have a question about a point that I don’t quite understand here: It is quite unanimously stated that airing out when it’s cold and damp outside doesn’t help. I want to cautiously phrase it as a question here: Cold and low RELATIVE humidity is ideal -> I bring dry air into the house by airing, warm it through my heating, which can then absorb quite a bit more moisture, and thus create a good portion of moisture removed from the house with each airing. The effect is of course significantly less when the weather is foggy outside, but it shouldn’t be zero immediately. Or am I under a complete misconception here? What do the experts think? Regards, Augustus P.S. how do I get a proper line break here, it’s hardly readable

I do believe that daily ventilation has an effect. I definitely notice that moisture also leaves here. I ventilate twice daily for about 10 minutes.

However, we have been rather lucky with the weather in the past few days; fog and humidity were limited.