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Posted by Old & Grumpy on March 28, 2008, 12:09 pm
Tom do you self a fever get portable unit at Home Depot
and put it any room that is convenience to you.
Forget about integrating into AC system unless you are
looking for problems with AC, it does not need to be in
any specific place your central air will move the air through
out of your home. If you can put it close to return air of AC
Tony
> My house is not extremely moldy or humid, but my wife has developed a
> bad mold allergy and we have to get the house less humid before the
> weather gets warmer in May. I have talked to several HVAC people
> about adding a dehumidifier to the main system. This will be
> expensive but I will do it if I have to.
>
> One guy told me that one stand alone unit often does the trick. I can
> buy one of these at Home Depot for about $160. They are noisy and you
> have to empty them frequently though and I don't really want one
> running in the house. Then he told me something I am questioning, and
> this is my real question for you. My house has a crawl space, just
> about 3 feet high. I put plastic down years ago. This fellow told me
> I could put a stand alone dehumidifier in the crawl space under the
> house and it had a good chance of solving my problems and lowering the
> humidity in the whole house. Does this make sense?
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