{"id":342659,"date":"2017-11-30T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=e8fd1952cd8b4a591433ec384344f584"},"modified":"2017-11-30T12:16:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T12:16:59","slug":"extending-the-reach-of-a-moisture-meter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/extending-the-reach-of-a-moisture-meter\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending the Reach of a Moisture Meter"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Simple ways to measure moisture content deeper into building assemblies        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Peter%20Yost%20moisture%20meter%202.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of Delmhorst BD-2100 moisture meter with pin extenders\" width=\"144\" height=\"224\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%202_WindowDetail-3-800px.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of an outie window in a house with double-stud walls\" width=\"144\" height=\"216\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%203_IMG_1535-800px_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing use of pin extenders through spray foam\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%204_IMG_1536-800px_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing how to check the distance between the pins\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%205_IMG_1530-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing pin extenders inserted into a finished wall\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%206_IMG_1849-800px_0.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing testing of a roof assembly\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%207_Concrete%20Testing.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Information on the subsurface test from the Delmhorst manual\" width=\"144\" height=\"101\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%208_IMG_3114-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing tools and equipment for a moisture test on a slab\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/Image%209_IMG_1933-800px.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Photo showing a test on a concrete slab\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Typical pins on moisture meters are &frac12; inch long, meaning you can only determine moisture content by weight near the surface of building assemblies and materials (including wood, gypsum wallboard,  and concrete). But I often find myself needing to assess moisture content of first condensing surfaces in walls and ceilings or well below the surface of basement slabs.<\/p>\n<p>This article looks at ways to extend the reach of a moisture meter. (For introductory information on moisture meters, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/tools-trade-moisture-meters\">Tools of the Trade: Moisture Meters<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/extending-reach-moisture-meter\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14349,14733,14734],"class_list":["post-342659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-moisture-measurement","tag-moisture-meter","tag-moisture-monitoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}