Choosing A Dehumidifier For Your CrawlSpace

Seal Your Crawl Space From Outside Air

This poor dehumidifier, pictured on the left, doesn't stand a chance! It's placed on cans to keep it above the floodwater line, but what this crawl space really needs is a new dehumidifier. As soon as it dries the air, new outside air is there to replace it, and it will never keep up.

In the moisture control business, we see crawl space dehumidifiers like this all too often.

Your unit can't possibly work in a vented space, no matter how powerful it is. What a dehumidifier will do in a vented crawl space is run continuously, costing you a bundle in utility bills.

If you ever have standing water in your crawl space, it's a good idea to install a crawl space sump pump before installing a new dehumidifier. You should also seal off the vents, and install a crawl space vapor barrier as well. This will limit the new air reaching your system, and will give your dehumidifier a chance to dry the space.

Install A Self-Draining Dehumidifier

Who wants to go into their crawl space every day to empty a collection tray? Even in a clean, well-maintained space, it's a chore most people would pass on if they could.

Once you've installed your crawl space dehumidifier, you're probably not going to want to think about it, let alone go down and empty it whenever it fills up. If that dehumidifier includes a water collection tray, your dehumidifier may be full to capacity and shut off automatically in as little as 12 hours.

The dehumidifier that Century Masonry offers has got you covered! Our SaniDry CSB has a self-draining design and can remove up to 90 pints of water per day in your crawl space, without ever needing to have its collection tray emptied. It can empty to a sump pump or drywell, or a special condensation pump can be added to discharge the water outside.

Find A Powerful Dehumidifier

Some crawl space dehumidifiers may slow down the growth of mold and rot in a crawl space, but will not stop it. If you don't want any mold or rot in your crawl space, then it's time for an upgrade.

If you have a dehumidifier in your crawl space, and the area is still damp, musty, and moldy, then you can make an obvious conclusion: it's not doing its job.

Some homeowners think purchasing a second dehumidifier is the answer, but it is not! Twice the units means twice the electricity, twice the noise and very often, a crawl space that is still damp.

The SaniDry CSB is a crawl space dehumidifier that's strong enough for the job! Its large cold coil surface (see comparison in photo) helps it handle a 6,000 square foot crawl space, at 3 feet high. An adjustable knob lets you decide how dry you want your crawlspace-- just set it and forget it! Its powerful 240 CFM blowing motor will circulate air throughout your humid crawl space, drying everything out and keeping it dry all the time!

Make Sure It's Energy Efficient

Installing an energy efficient dehumidifier in your home is very important. Typical hardware store dehumidifiers use a lot of energy! Many times, these systems can cost you 10, 11 cents or more to remove a single pint of water.

The small cold coils that many dehumidifiers have installed in their system is one of the many reasons that so many dehumidifiers are not energy efficient. They just don't have the power or efficiency to do the job the way it's meant to be, and this is not to your advantage as the homeowner because you're paying for it.

The top of the line dehumidifier that we offer, the SaniDry CSB Crawl Space Dehumidifier, has a specialized heat exchange system that helps it achieve an Energy Star rating! Water can be removed at a cost of about 3.3 cents per pint. Our system removes four times as much water from the air at the same energy usage (6.3 amps).

Let us help you dry your crawl space! Call or e-mail us today for a free crawl space dehumidifier quote!

We service the New Jersey and Pennsylvania area, including Washington, Stroudsburg, Lehman, Blairstown, Bangor, Franklin, Arlington Heights and nearby.