Lowes sells whirlpools. Buy one if they still have 5 year refrigeration
system warranty.

Stay away from the large Sears Kenmore. They are garbage no matter what
consumer Reports says.


"Lee B" wrote in message
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Me again - mold lady, still deciding what to do about the mold discovered
in the finished basement of the house I'm selling.

No matter what I do I know I need to keep the basement from smelling
suspicious. With the house being vacant, the A/C and heater don't come on
as often, so it does develop a musty smell. One problem is the sump pump
which probably has water in it, but not enough to trigger it to empty. I
have an antique dehumidifier that I inherited (one remediator said "oh I
see you have your 1942 dehumidifier"). Apparently the newer ones have
better features.

I need one that I'm comfortable leaving on unattended in the vacant house.
And it needs a defroster or something, so that when it gets cooler in the
basement it doesn't frost over, or it at least needs to function at lower
temps, which apparently some of them do now. A timer would be nice so that
it would run a few hr a day, although I suppose I could buy a timer to
plug it into. I'll probably sit it in the shower stall in the basement
(how attractive is that!) and run an extension cord to it. Or if I could
find one that actually pumps water uphill, I could have it empty into the
washing machine's stand pipe, or the sink in the wetbar.

If anyone has done any research on this, I'd appreciate hearing it. Oh and
I don't want to spend a fortune, since my current house doesn't even have
a basement, although I guess I could include it with the house as an
incentive (yeah, that would bed a good selling point). Seriously, most
people I know around here have dehumidifiers in their basements, so I
don't think people would think a whole lot of it. (I just wish I hadn't
let the realtor talk me into unplugging it and hiding it when I was
showing the house, even if it was ugly; I think that musty smell is what
prompted the people to ask for the mold test).

Thanks.