Humidity question: Is you're basement humidity the same as the rest of the house usually?
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Soul Dwella
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This ^^^^
Lordhooha
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Does your basement have ductwork like the rest of the house? If not then it’ll be different.if it does it should be relatively the same.
No matter how much duct work I had in my basement it could never compete with those moisture-filled concrete walls.
The question is: is this a truly finished basement with moisture barriers blocking the walls and then a layer of insulation?
And then does your duct work allow for you to focus your cooling and heating the same as the rest of the house?
Lordhooha
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I lived in Michigan and my humidity stayed pretty close to the same. But I made sure they put in plenty of returns and I had to add a whole house humidifier to bring mine up. I had geo thermal put in my last house and my new house will have the same whenever this new Rheem hvac system dies. Well worth the money.
What's geo thermal?
.Smoke
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Lordhooha
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It uses the earth to heat and cool your house. In the summer it generally uses 30 to 40 watts to cool and all of 200 to heat all while it was -15 degrees outside. No loud outside unit and I could barely here it running standing right next to the inside unit.
Hashishh
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Interesting. I'll have to look into this to replace our propane furnace when the time comes. Wonder how it does in -40c?
Time to dive down the rabbit hole.
Thanks.
Ok I seen these on Building off the Grid the tv show.
Lordhooha
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I mean there's one the Amish use that requires no electricity and then one that does.