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Drylock of the basement
Texasmame:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 22, 2007, 12:38:05 pm ---
Yep. Old one but it pumps without problem. During the winter it almost never kicks on. During the summer it sucks a 1-2 gallons a day out of the air. It does make a really big difference when needed.
I got mine for $5 at a yard sale. ;D Nothing fancy, a metal brown box with a coil, a potentiometer humidistat control, and an orange light to tell you when it's full.
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Yup, that's really all you need. Ours was in the finished area so we wanted one that looked niceish, tho. :cheers:
ChadTower:
And probably a quieter one that mine, too. Mine is loud, like a small box fan.
USSEnterprise:
I need to get a dehumidifier for my basement. The backglass on my Tri-Zone, even though triple thicked, is starting to degrade.
DrewKaree:
I dunno what to even think about that stuff. I've heard 2 different theories about it, and this always keeps me thinking - if you don't have water problems, and you throw that stuff on the walls, are you potentially hiding a problem that may arise in the future that you'll never find out about until it's a far more serious problem than it needed to be?
I know that doesn't help you at all, but if anyone's got an answer or theory about that, please give it, as that bugs me.
As for your humidifier, if you plug in a small fan downstairs, it'll help out tremendously. Just something to move the air even a little bit. Mebbe set it on a timer like you'd use for a lamp, and set it to turn the fan on full blast while you're away at work so it isn't bugging you. It'll help out a ton. I dunno if you've got a hose from the humidifier tank, but running the hose into your sump pump will get rid of that automagically for you and eliminate you having to run downstairs every day.
ChadTower:
I don't have a floor drain or a sump pump. Don't need one. The only downstairs drain right now is the washing machine drain, which is about 3' off the floor, so I'd have to put the dehumidifier on a really high shelf to use that drain.
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