How To Vent Basement Moisture with Humidex
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Shell Busey installs a Humidex to vent basement moisture out of the home.
In the winter, once you turn your furnace on, you’re heating air containing moisture, expanding it many times, and now it is looking for a way out of your home. So vent the crawlspace or basement with a Humidex System or use your range hood fan in the kitchen or fan in the bathroom to vent.
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Humidity maintains heat. That’s why you add a humidifier to your HVAC system.
Bob C
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing results from a unit called the
Breeze, available online from Breeze Systems International at 1/4 the price of
units like Humidex, Wave, and EZ Breathe- I was a non-believer, but am now
blinded by the light!
I was 100% skeptical about this thing having any impact on
my musty basement. I thought I was buying snake oil, but was at my wits end
when it came to how to deal with the smelly basement on Cape Cod. We had a
dehumidifier for years that would remove the moisture from the basement, but we
would still get a "wet" spot on the floor at its lowest point and we
had a musty smell that had us looking for ways to seal the basement door. When
we would open all the windows and the bulkhead, we would get relief, and it would
smell okay, but once we closed things up when it got cold or was raining we
were back to a smelly basement.
I installed this where our floor is the lowest and where we
often would see condensation on the floor and have it venting out one of the
basement windows that I adapted for the purpose with a vent.
I am absolutely overwhelmed by the difference that this
device has wrought - my basement musty odor is "cured" - it smells
great down there and here is why - this little thing acts like a chimney of sorts,
it pulls up the nasty moist air from the floor and shoots it out the window -
and sucks down fresh air from the upper floors - circulating the air into the
basement with fresh air, BUT also removing the worst air that is down near the
floor.
I couldn't be more shocked at the results this little device has delivered -
amazing. I really thought I was going to be dissapointed as I thought
"what on earth can this thing really do" but the answer is in the
description - a dehumidifier gets the water out, but you still have the same
stinky air in your basement - this thing really does the job and I could not be
more pleased. I show everyone who comes into the house. My wife is also amazed
- she used to dread going down to do laundry - now, she has no excuse
Way to go 👏 you are one quick witted shill
I got one of these. $450 for some industrial rack fans stuffed into a pair of vinyl post sleeves, with a humidistat badly installed into it. I feel like an idiot, because I already had all of these parts lying around. I haven't even installed it yet, because the two halves don't even positively stay together. I'm thinking aluminum tape and deck screws. I sure hope it does more than act as a fart fan, or it's getting replaced with a fresh air intake fan with dessicant and air filter, and and a separate exhaust system.
Will this work in Toronto area ? We have high humidity of about 80% outside, so how exchanging air will help? don't understand. help please )
I will install in mr recently conditioned crawl space. Make up air will come from heated or cooled air from me furnace that is temp & humidity controlled. - same now as house above, so floors are not cold, heat Bill is reduced, exhaust air will be limited.
So where does the make up air come from?
Dixon Peer just add a fresh air intake into a bucket that will equalize the pressure difference.
Upstairs
The cracks in your walls. Haaaaa
So now you are creating negative air pressure which will get filled by the moist air that was coming through the walls and floor. Fix the problem not the symptom.
So how do you fix the problem. I have a house with very high humidity both winter and summer. I called a couple of furnace companies and they don't deal with that problem so any advice would be to more than greatly appreciated.
In the SE United States we get lots of humidity, and while air conditioning will help, you can't run it all year long. The solution here is for a dehumidifier. Either a stand alone or one that attaches to your HVAC system.
Humidity meter and vent fan. Am I missing something? Dehumidifier does same thing (measure and lower humidity) without making hole in wall.
Canadian ingenuity on display
A dehu does not remove the musty smell for us. We had a easy breath and that at least mitigated some of the smell but did not dehu the air. We now have to place some kind of vent in the basement.
its not the same thing. its cheaper to run and it takes the moisture out and vent it to the outside so no drain required and it vent odors and chemicals too
@@alexw3515 dam right we build things that produce better results for a lower running cost.
@@vnsv-ei9gh u either didnt place it well or you need a bigger one. u dont have to use this system although i think its great watch peter ward videos to undertsnad better and you can come up with better ideas but all u need is something to remove the moisture efficiently and cheaper than a dehumidifier. u can use two or three devices to maximize effectiveness
Just got mine, it's a 6 1/4 in hole, Crazy. And I had to modify the height because my basement is 6ft 9 inches.
Why didn't you just get a dehumidifier?
@@alexw3515 I have one but I wanted something I didnt have to keep emptyinh
What if the basement has no heat
doesnt matter it will pull air from upstairs and vent the moisture out
I don’t miss life before spray foam insulation
How do you clean a humidex?
Purchase a new unit. C'mon - they're only $1900 and change plus installation. Don't be so cheap. You want your house to smell ?
@@unclefester9113 Your're funny LOL (only $1900 plus instalation...)
"humidimeter" Hmmm. Hygrometer is the correct term.
Okay but what about bugs, snakes, and rats that can get through that hole?
@Quanchy Plimp Comon, you don't like nature!!! LOL (joke)
I'd say that they'd get turned into a paste when they get pulled into the fan.
Junk!
I came but I left after you stated that "humidity smells" which is a flat out like. A poor salesman has to lie to promote his product.
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