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"If the crawlspace has air-communication paths between it and the basement, the basement is essentially at outdoor humidity levels due to those exterior vents in the crawl." There are a few <1/2" wiring holes in-between, but no vents. Due to the steep hill, the basement is almost entirely...

OK...You've asked some good ones. Here goes: "Have you sealed the foundation wall & slab in the crawlspace & basement with a masonry sealer, to limit the capillary draw?" No. The fun part is that the previous owner "finished" half of the basement with drywall walls and ceiling, an interior...

Yeah...I've used a dehumidifier down there in the past when I'm painting furniture to speed up the drying. I was looking for alternatives to a dehumidifier and its associated energy use. One other option I looked into was getting a GE GeoSpring heat pump water heater and ducting the heat...

My house was built on a hill, and under the house on the lowest part of the hill, there is a 13'*28' unfinished basement. No HVAC, accessible only via an outside door, and we use it only for storage. Since we're in north Florida, the basement has a really nasty humidity problem, and anything...

My entire neighborhood has no natural gas and I don't want a propane tank, so my best bet is the GE GeoSpring heat pump water heater--along with the $600 city electric rebate I'd get for it. I currently have an electric 50-gallon AO Smith water heater, installed in 1997. However, I have a kind...