Well, Johannes, ya didn't even give people time to think about my last post showing some teak on the deck of a boat with some caulking between the boards. The flooring (or decking) was left unfinished, and in some spots not sanded very well or with torn grain. And on this boat, you spend the whole time barefooted, so some of us got a few splinters. The caulk appears to have been trimmed flush with a razor blade, which would have been a lot of knee time. Has anyone done this system in a residential setting?
Here's a different scenario for you that I observed that same week: Outside dew points vary from 54 degrees F to 84 F within a week's time. (That's nicely dry air to sopping wet air. For comparison, Miami's dew point ranged from 62 F to 78 F this summer.) During this same week, outside temperatures ranged from 84 F to 107 F, and relative humidity levels ranged from 84% to 17%. Now you need to install floors that can survive this ventilation air. (And you must have ventilation air.) To maintain 35-55% RH indoors, you could use an air conditioner, swamp cooler, dehumidifier and/or humidifier, and some good controls to run the appropriate equipment, essentially depending on which way the wind is blowing. Can you guess where this is?
