Why the Average Household Dehumidifiers Just Don't Cut It

Do you have a dehumidifier inside your house that only works some of the time?

Your dehumidifier may help to control the humidity inside your basement or crawl space up to a certain point.

You may even find yourself constantly having to empty the bucket for your dehumidifier at least once a week. This means that it does not drain automatically and probably does not run for that long since it fills up rather quickly.

Here are some of the other reasons why the common household dehumidifier does not provide you with the best results:

• -            The overall unit is most likely too small or weak to handle the job of keeping humidity at bay.

• -            The cold coil, which is the device responsible for taking the water out of your home’s air, is not large enough to effectively do its job.

• -            The fan inside your dehumidifier may also be too small. If the cold coil is too small, then the fan will be as well, otherwise air would travel past the cold coil, and it would not remove any water from your basement or crawl space.

• -            Little to no dry air is circulating around your basement or crawl space because- you guessed it – the fan is not large enough! This is not good, because mold thrives in a wet environment, and that means if the contents of your basement are not dried with dry air, mold can grow easily. Mold is harmful to your health and can make allergies or asthma even worse.

• -            They cannot remove that much water per day to begin with. The typical household dehumidifier can remove only between 25 to 40 pints of water per day at 80-degree air temperatures.

• -            Some dehumidifiers can rack up your electricity bills if they run constantly and may even be loud and annoying, noise-making machines.  

If you feel like you are at your wits end with your faulty dehumidifier, call The Basement Transformer today for a better and more reliable solution. We are here to help transform your basement or crawl space into the dry and healthy environment it can be in, using a proper and highly efficient dehumidifier, known as the SaniDry Sedona. Protect your home and your health today.