Basement apartment - bad idea? - Straight Dope I saw an apartment I liked today, scoped out the neighborhood, and was planning on putting in my application tomorrow morning However, when I mentioned to my friend that it’s a basement apartment, his response was “watch out for moisture problems ” I did some searching and found that a lot of basement apartment dwellers have problems with mold, mildew, and bugs What I’m wondering
Are there dehumidifiers that do not also generate a blast of hot air . . . Simply put, is it possible to design a dehumidifier that does not also generate a lot of heat? I’ve got a basement that is nice and cool in the summertime, and it’s therefore a great place to escape the heat (my house does not have AC) But the basement will get too damp unless I run my dehumidifier, which has an unfortunate side effect of blasting out air that is between 10 and 20 degrees
Wrapping HVAC Duct with Reflective Roll Insulation vs. Fiberglass Roll . . . Three of the vents in my family room are connected to the main HVAC trunk via 25-foot runs of round, uninsulated 7-inch sheet metal duct pipes These ducts run along the ceiling of my basement, which is part living space, part storage space, though I rarely visit the basement In winter, these ducts radiate a lot of heat into the unused basement I’d like to minimize this heat loss and
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