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Default condensation under the house

On Sep 29, 8:24*am, "badgolferman"
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jamesgangnc wrote:
On Sep 28, 8:58 pm, "badgolferman"
The company tells me what I need is a crawlspace dehumidifier.
They *put down new moisture barrier, seal the vents, install a GFC
line, *dehumidifier and pump all for $3000. That does not count
spraying for *the wood destroying fungus. The dehumidifier is
supposed to dry out *the area so much that all the mold will go
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Does the moisture barrier include running it up the inside foundation
walls to the sill plate? *That's the premium barrier and it is a good
bit of work to do that. *Just laying out new pieces of plastic is not
much work and a $100 or so fo rthe plastic. *Ask for the brand/model
number of the dehumidifier. *The price of dehumidifiers varys greatly
depedning on what you are getting. *Heavy duty commercial ones can be
over a grand. *So you need more details to judge the value of their
package.


1. *Treat wooden members with fungicide to killl any active fungi.
2. *Sealing all Foundation Vents
3. *Installing Poly Vapor Barrier (100% ground coverage)
4. *Placing a Dehumidifier in the crawl space
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That's a pretty expensive dehumidifier so depending on what exactly
they do for he vapor barrier install $3k might not be outlandish. Get
some more details on how they do the vapor barrier.