
SaniDry Crawl Space Dehumidifiers Mold, mildew, and most forms of wood rot need moisture to thrive; so reducing the relative humidity in your crawl space by installing the CleanSpace™ system will go a long way toward preventing mold, mildew, rot, and their associated health implications and economic costs. But there are many ways that moisture can enter a crawl, and sometimes a dehumidifier is also needed. Houses are like chimneys. New air is constantly drawn into the house at the bottom, and floats up toward the the top. Because the crawl space is closer to the earth and shielded from the sun, the air in the crawl is cooler than the air in the rest of the house. In fact, as much as 40 percent of the air on the first floor of a house comes from the crawl space. When the air outside is warmer than the air inside, it gets drawn into the crawl space, and then cools down. This increases the relative humidity in the crawl space at a rate of about 2.2 percent per degree of temperature change Fahrenheit. Let's look at what this means in real terms. Suppose it's a relatively comfortable 80° day, with a relative humidity of 70 percent. But the temperature of your crawl space is 65°, or 15 degrees cooler that the outside temperature. The warm air entering the crawl space, which already has a relative humidity of 70 percent, will become saturated (100 percent relative humidity), providing an ideal environment for the growth of mold, mildew, and rot. To make matters worse, the stack effect not only draws air and moisture from the crawl space into the home, but it also drags along bacteria, mold, spores, and musty odors with it. So in those cases when encapsulation is not enough, a good dehumidifier is also needed. That's why we offer the SaniDry™ series of crawl space humidifiers. The SaniDry™ humidifier is a superior device that outperforms other humidifiers. Some of its advanced features include: Automatic draining: No buckets to empty Ductable design means that it doesn't necessarily have to be installed in the space that it is drying With ducting, some of its capacity can be used to dry the air in other rooms Full line of of specialized models for every situation The Sani-Dry dehumidifier is especially designed to dry out damp crawl spaces. The Sani-Dry dehumidifier is Energy Star certified and uses less electricity that most other dehumidifiers, , but still pulls almost three times as much moisture from the air as dehumidifiers made by competing companies. In addition, the Sani-Dry also has as two-stage filtration system that can filter out particles as small as two microns in size, so it cleans the air in your crawl space while dehumidifying it. We want to be very clear about this: Not every crawl space needs a dehumidifier. Very often, the CleanSpace system alone will be enough to provide the results you want. But for those times when a little extra help is needed, the SaniDry™ line of dehumidifiers are the professional choice.

SaniDry Crawl Space Dehumidifiers

Mold, mildew, and most forms of wood rot need moisture to thrive; so reducing the relative humidity in your crawl space by installing the CleanSpace™ system will go a long way toward preventing mold, mildew, rot, and their associated health implications and economic costs.

But there are many ways that moisture can enter a crawl, and sometimes a dehumidifier is also needed.

Convection effect in house Houses are like chimneys. New air is constantly drawn into the house at the bottom, and floats up toward the the top. Because the crawl space is closer to the earth and shielded from the sun, the air in the crawl is cooler than the air in the rest of the house. In fact, as much as 40 percent of the air on the first floor of a house comes from the crawl space.

When the air outside is warmer than the air inside, it gets drawn into the crawl space, and then cools down. This increases the relative humidity in the crawl space at a rate of about 2.2 percent per degree of temperature change Fahrenheit. Let's look at what this means in real terms.

Suppose it's a relatively comfortable 80° day, with a relative humidity of 70 percent. But the temperature of your crawl space is 65°, or 15 degrees cooler that the outside temperature. The warm air entering the crawl space, which already has a relative humidity of 70 percent, will become saturated (100 percent relative humidity), providing an ideal environment for the growth of mold, mildew, and rot.

To make matters worse, the stack effect not only draws air and moisture from the crawl space into the home, but it also drags along bacteria, mold, spores, and musty odors with it. So in those cases when encapsulation is not enough, a good dehumidifier is also needed.

SaniDry Humidifier That's why we offer the SaniDry™ series of crawl space humidifiers. The SaniDry™ humidifier is a superior device that outperforms other humidifiers. Some of its advanced features include:

Automatic draining: No buckets to empty
Ductable design means that it doesn't necessarily have to be installed in the space that it is drying
With ducting, some of its capacity can be used to dry the air in other rooms
Full line of of specialized models for every situation

The Sani-Dry dehumidifier is especially designed to dry out damp crawl spaces. The Sani-Dry dehumidifier is Energy Star certified and uses less electricity that most other dehumidifiers, , but still pulls almost three times as much moisture from the air as dehumidifiers made by competing companies.

In addition, the Sani-Dry also has as two-stage filtration system that can filter out particles as small as two microns in size, so it cleans the air in your crawl space while dehumidifying it.

We want to be very clear about this: Not every crawl space needs a dehumidifier. Very often, the CleanSpace system alone will be enough to provide the results you want. But for those times when a little extra help is needed, the SaniDry™ line of dehumidifiers are the professional choice.