<HTML>In a message dated 4/24/03 9:15:41 AM Central Daylight= Time, purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">How old is your building? = Our's is from the late sixties and one of the main problems we have to face is the lack of a vapor barrier in the walls and roof.  Our windows are also not insulated so cranking <BR= > up the humidity would cause the windows to freeze up, etc. chris -- Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. </BLOCKQUOTE> Our building is only 14 years old. But, as is common for university construc= tion, the low bid got the job. And you know what that means. Not only that, = but this, and several other buildings around us, are build on a swamp. There= is an active spring in the elevator shaft. You can hear the water running. = One part of the roof has leaked since the building was built. Several of the= teaching studios in the same end of the   building have a mold pr= oblems, as do some of the practice rooms. The windows in all of the teaching= studios and practice rooms are sealed. The classroom windows can be opened.= We have not had a condensation problem on the windows in cold weather, but = maybe that's because there is no humidity in the building during the winter.= I'm keeping my finger crossed. As I said, the university is willing to spend= capital funds to improve the situation. With all of the other budgetary pro= blems this state has, let's hope they keep their word. Wim </HTML>