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tammarask

08:34PM | 09/26/07
Member Since: 09/26/07
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DEHUMIDIFIER RUNNING CONTINUOSLY

Tags: Basement & Foundation
My daughter's boyfriend insists on running dehumdifier on continously, even at this time of year. will it dry out wood trim and oak flooring and damage it?

Billhart

09:26PM | 09/26/07
Member Since: 04/25/05
1915 lifetime posts
Since I have no idea of the location, the climate, or the type of construction of the house I have no idea if it is needed or not.

But the only way to know is to measure the RH in the house.

KingVolcano

06:57AM | 09/28/07
Member Since: 03/03/05
273 lifetime posts
Bill is correct.

Here in the Boston area, the last two days have been very muggy and the RH was very high, so a lot of people are still using dehumidifiers.

BTW, RH is Relative Humidity

This picture is of a meter that measures RH. We took this picture two days ago on a job site in Newton, MA.
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