Choosing A Dehumidifier For Your Crawlspace in Western and Central MA

Air Sealing Your Crawl Space

In the crawlspace repair business, we see crawl space dehumidifiers like the one shown all too often. Notice the cans under the legs, put there to keep the machine above the floodwater!

This poor dehumidifier doesn't stand a chance - floods aside, it's up against an open, vented, crawl space. As soon as the machine dries the air, new, humid outside air is there to replace it, and it won't be able to keep up that quickly.

Your dehumidifier can't work that fast in a vented space, no matter how powerful it is. What a dehumidifier will do in a vented crawl space is run constantly, costing you a lot in energy bills.

Before dehumidifying the space, install a crawl space sump pump if you've ever had standing water in the space.

You should also seal off the air vents, and install a vapor barrier. This limits the amount of new air reaching your crawlspaces, and gives your dehumidifier time to dry the area.

Install a Self-Draining Dehumidifier

Once a crawl space dehumidifier is installed, you don't want to think about it again. If that dehumidifier includes a water bucket, your dehumidifier may be at capacity and shut off automatically in as little as 12 hours.

Who wants to go into their crawl space every day to empty a the dehumidifier bucket? Even in a well-maintained space, it's probably not how you want to spend your time.

Our SaniDry CSB has got you covered. It can remove up to 90 pints of water per day in your crawl space, without needing to be emptied. It can empty to a sump pump or drywell, or a condensation pump can be added to discharge the water outside the home.

Find A Powerful Dehumidifier

If you have a dehumidifier in your crawl space, and it's still damp, musty, and moldy, then it's obvious: it's not doing its job.

Sometimes a crawl space dehumidifier won't stop the mold and rot in a crawl space totally, but it may slow it down. How much fungus is acceptable in your crawl space? If the answer is "I don't want any mold or rot!", then it's time for a change.

The answer is not to buy a second dehumidifier. Twice the dehumidifiers means twice the noise, twice the electricity used, and very often, a crawl space that is still damp.

The SaniDry CSB is a crawl space dehumidifier that has a powerful 240 CFM blowing motor to move air throughout your humid crawl space. It dries the air all the time! Its large cold coil surface (see comparison in photo) helps it handle a 6,000 square foot crawl space, while sitting 3 feet high. The knob lets you decide how dry you want your crawlspace -- just set it and forget it!

Make Sure It's Energy Efficient

Typical hardware store dehumidifiers really use a lot of energy! These can cost you 10, 11 cents or more to remove a single pint of water.

One reason for this is the small cold coils these dehumidifiers have. They just don't have the power or efficiency to do the job the right way and you end up paying for it with high utility bills!

Our SaniDry CSB Crawl Space Dehumidifier has a unique heat exchange system that helps it achieve an Energy Star rating! Water can be removed at a cost of about 3.3 cents per gallon. Our system removes 4 times as much water from the air at the same energy usage (6.3 amps).

We can dry your crawl space! Call or e-mail us today for a free crawl space dehumidifier quote!

We serve Massachusetts and Connecticut including Ludlow, Milford, West Springfield, Greenfield, Westborough, Easthampton, Gardner and nearby.