[RWebb]

thx!

re: "Is this a damp/moist area?"

This whole side of the state (W. Oregon) is a damp/moist area. Summers are dry however - it rains all winter; no rain in summer.

The part of the house I will be doing is on the same level with the main bath (has a jet tub that is used am & pm for my chronic backaches), but is around the corner from it.

I have put a (non-calibrated, consumer level) humidity meter in the area and RH is often above 50% -- I did that b/c I have dust mite allergies/asthma and wanted to see if I could get RH < 40% (no such luck).

This part of the daylight basement does not have stem walls - the area behind it where the bath and an extra room are does have stem walls and is more into the hill that the lower level of my house is excavated from.

So that's the info I have on moist/damp area - I guess I'd say no...