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Crawlspace humidity Help

11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago

Hi - I live in the Northeast US. I have renovated a house, with an enclosed crawlspace underneath. The crawlspace is adjacent to both a basement and a garage (that is at the basement level). The crawlspace floor is about 3 feet lower than the basement and garage ceiling. Heating and hot water pipes go through the crawlspace - keeping it plenty warm (68-70 degrees even in winter). Humidity in crawlspace in winter is in the 30's. As we are now into late May, humidity has crept up to 62% in crawlspace (even though basement is still at 45%). What do I do, if anything, to prepare for summer and rising humidity? Note that I do run a de-humidifier in the basement in summer to keep it at 50% -- have not had to run it yet though. I have a enclosed/airtight panel ( 2' x 3') to get into space from garage; I also have a screen door that I can place in same slot. The closed panel door has been on the whole time. One thought was running a separate dehumidifer in the garage with the screen panel on? Or maybe I should do nothing? Would prefer not to a large scale project inside the crawlspace if not needed.

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