SB: RV: CORRECTION TO THE (SB)ASICS OF LIFE

["Dane S. Judd" <dsjudd@entelchile.net>]

The original was poorly drafted and not at all clear.  See the additional
question below.
Sorry.  The floods must have made my brain soggy (or perhaps it was the
pisco).


> With all of the recent political talk,  this may be a good time to pose a
> question that has bothered me for some time.  Once again, I present the
> ¨breathability¨ issue.
>
>    I have read all of the archives.  I participated in threads and
received
> great info from illustrious list members.  (Begrudgingly, this includes
> notorious moosehuggers.)  One little apparent inconsistency still keeps me
> awake at night

(ORIGINAL CORRECTED)
>    A lime plaster stucco permits humidity to pass either due to external
> climactic conditions or due to the home´s interior humidity levels.   That
> humidity is equally able to exit when the external conditions change. If
it
> works in one direction, it must work in reverse.  This is the basis for
the pro-lime contingent´s argument..

Conversely, though, if a cement plaster does _not_ permit trapped moisture
to escape, that necesarily implies that moisture cannot _enter_  either.
Thus, if the bales are below the maximum allowable moisture content to start
with and if moisture cannot enter, then there is no moisture that needs to
escape. Yet, the pro-lime team says that cement plasters are bad.

This is the part that confuses me in all of the past discussions of the
topic.  It just appears to be logical but, given the amount of knowledge and
experience of those who advocate lime plasters, there must be something that
I am missing.   What is it?


>
> Dane
> Valparaíso, Chile
>
awaiting the next front that arrives this evening while half of the city is
underwater.


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