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re: Home Humidity, HVAC cycling, and LVP Flooring

Posted on 12/11/19 at 1:21 pm to
Posted by shell01
Marianna, FL
Member since Jul 2014
793 posts
Posted on 12/11/19 at 1:21 pm to
How old is the house? Possible a vapor barrier was not installed under the slab? What kind of flooring did you remove?

We had significant humidity issues due to both oversized HVAC and poor construction/flashing/sheathing damage. It's worse, as you mentioned, in cooler weather when the HVAC isn't running. Humidity leads to mold pretty quickly in the south, and mold sucks. You want to get this under control ASAP. We ended up making a lot of repairs to the house that improve the envelope, but also added a whole-home dehumidifier and are VERY happy that we did.

This post was edited on 12/11/19 at 1:29 pm
Posted by mkel10
Member since Mar 2017
8 posts
Posted on 12/11/19 at 1:42 pm to
About how much does it cost to install a whole home dehumidifier?
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
16750 posts
Posted on 12/11/19 at 3:53 pm to
Make sure the fan isn’t set to “on”. Our house was unbelievably humid for 3 weeks before we figured it out.
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