Dehumidifier - add to HVAC or stand alone

tom carr · 2008-03-26T02:39:59+00:00

My house is not extremely moldy or humid, but my wife has developed abad mold allergy and we have to get the house less humid before theweather gets warmer in May. I have talked to several HVAC peopleabout adding a dehumidifier to the main system. This will beexpensive but I will do it if I have to.One guy told me that one stand alone unit often does the trick. I canbuy one of these at Home Depot for about $160. They are noisy and youhave to empty them frequently though and I don't really want onerunning in the house. Then he told me something I am questioning, andthis is my real question for you. My house has a crawl space, justabout 3 feet high. I put plastic down years ago. This fellow told meI could put a stand alone dehumidifier in the crawl space under thehouse and it had a good chance of solving my problems and lowering thehumidity in the whole house. Does this make sense?

Mar 26, 2008 24 Replies

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Bubba 18 years ago

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Mike H 18 years ago

On Mar 26, 9:11 pm, tom carr wrote: ...

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What exactly is laying plastic on the ground supposed to gain you? When it rains, does the water collect on the plastic sheet?

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kool 18 years ago

If it's raining in your crawlspace you've got a problem with humidity.

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Stormin Mormon 18 years ago

I wish to nominate "kool" for the understatement of the year award.

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Bubba 18 years ago

..........and as usual Stormy, you win the Wittless dumb-fuque of the year" award.

Bubba

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