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It's easy to find a way to run a hose out of a dehumidifier and into a drain so that you never have to empty it. The model I have does not requie a pump - there ...
It's easy to find a way to run a hose out of a dehumidifier and into a drain so that you never have to empty it. The model I have does not requie a pump - there ...
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answersI would start by getting a dehumidifier - a good one that's rated for basements. You can get one in the $300-$400 range. See how quickly it fills up - if you ar...
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answersYou don't really say if you've got water problems, or any system to manage it. If you've been in the house a long time, and never gotten water, there's probably ...
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answersSometimes it's not possible to do some of those things. Like if you don't have 8 feet from your property line to slope the land away from. My house, like most i...
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answersThey will all come out and analyze the problem for free. Where is the water leaking from? It sounds to me like seepage (I'm no expert, but I did have seepage ...
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answersOK MistressEll, I’m going to try this again – I have calmed down somewhat J. I want to answer some of your questions, then just pose a couple more of my own… ...
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answersThe gutter in the front of the house, and one on the side, used to go right into the ground and then either into the basin and sewer, or into the sewer directly,...
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answersIt comes in both an IR and non-IR version. Mine is wall control only (no remote). The fan, since it came with a remote, does not have any pull chains. So, th...
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answersI was trying to paste in some of your comments and respond to them but it didn't work. I don't have time at the moment to re-type them - wife and kids are waitin...
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answers>>>good news is you're on city of chicago water too (via Oak Park) so you have adequate water pressure to run a water driven back-up sump in your deeper ...
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answersI live in Oak Park. I've passed plumbing inspection - they want you to empty into the sewer. As for the rest of your post - I've pretty much got a heart att...
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answersBill - I really like reading your posts! This is the second one in the last 5 minutes that has prompted a question from me. I have a Hampton Bay ceiling f...
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answersBill - Saw your reply, and I have a question - I moved into a house with a walkout basement - there was a drain outside the door, I belive it led to a catch ba...
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answersWhen I moved into my house there was no sump pump. We started getting water in our basement through the floor due to hydrostatic pressure, and we had to install ...
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answersI recently put an addition on my house (finished a year ago). We built a full basement under the addition, and dug about 3' deeper than the existing basement. T...
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answersI'm looking for a fold-down bench for a newly constructed shower/steam room. the only two I can seem to find are the Steamist SBS-101, and Alsons 1880 ABX. Does...
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answersThank you for your reply - and I hear what you are saying. As information, the furnace is 80,000 btu input (64,000 out), the A/C unit is 2.5 tons, and the return...
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answersI know you can put a table, for example, on top of a return grille. But could you put, say, a speaker stand with 1-2" clearence on top of one? I have a small re...
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