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Posted by valvejob on July 30, 2007, 9:40 am
I agree.
Your rental place has some powerful fans just for that purpose. They
move a lot of air and will dry it out in no time (24 hours).
Assuming that it remains really humid and you are still worried, then
just stick a window AC unit in a vent hole and run it for a week or
so.
wrote:
>
>> Charlie wrote:
>>> Folks - had the main water line come apart on me under my house.
>>> Wife, bless her, managed to get the water cut off after 30 minutes.
>>> Of course, this left a large amount of water under the house, which
>>> has since been pumped out (same day). The next morning, there was no
>>> standing water under the house, though the dirt was muddy (not deep,
>>> just wet dirt).
>>>
>>> This house was built in 1989, so it has good ventilation around the
>>> foundation. I want to make sure that I drive out all of the excess
>>> water and moisture. I've already removed the soaked installation.
>>> Since I live in Ga., our humidity is a little high at the moment, so I
>>> don't see any hope for a de-humidifier to keep up. How to dry out the
>>> crawl space? I could rent a forced air heater (kerosene) to really
>>> warm up the crawlspace plus fans. I want it dry before I put the
>>> plastic back down....
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> I would try to force (fans) air in and out of there.
>>
>I'll second that. In the 100+ year old building I work in, roof and plumbing
>leaks are near-constant occurances. The greenshirt guys keep probably a
>dozen high-pressure fans around just to blow dry wet carpets and dead
>spaces, ranging from 12-inch ones in plastic housings that look like hair
>dryers, to a couple 48" ones that look like what balloonists use to inflate
>canopies before they light off the burners. I presume rental place will have
>them. You'll likely need several, blowing in on one side, and sucking out on
>the other.
>
>aem sends....
>
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