Maillard

If your house is properly sealed during construction, you should not need any dehumidifiers. Whichever HVAC contractor you use should do a manual j and a manual d to calculate needed load which should keep the house at a comfortable humidity level.

I sealed up all the top plates from all the penetrations except for the exterior walls. I also made sure the windows were sealed and flashed. I believe you can overdo it on sealing a house. I think having the exterior walls not sealed, because I couldn't get to them, was a good compromise in letting the house breathe.

I put in American standard silver series single stage air conditioners. Nothing special. They pull all the moisture out of the home without running a ton. I did insulate the hell out of the attic with cellulose. I imagine in some spots I have close to a foot and a half to 2 ft of insulation.

I will say though that if you have a gas range with oven it will add moisture to your home so make sure you have good ventilation over your range.

I hope this helps.

I have an Ultra Aire 98h that I had installed in the attic to combat my humidity issues. I installed a new dedicated return and piped it in to the supply side of my ductwork. It worked to bring my humidity down.

Since I remodeled and added sqft we split up square footage and added a unit. I used a manual j and d calc along with my AC guys know how and did not need the unit anymore. Now, sealing all of the top plates and penetrations definitely helped tremendously. My house stays around 45 to 55% humidity year-round.

With that being said, I have the dehumidifier, custom pan with drain and all thread with mounts to put in someone's attic over their unit from the rafters if anyone's interested. I don't think I will need it anymore.

I have searched the gutter recommendations but didn't find much. Does anybody have any experience with u-shaped gutters? Do they catch water on a high pitch roof? They look so much better than k-style gutters. And any recommendations for installers in the baton Rouge area. Thanks to all responses. And I voice to texted this so the grammar may be off a touch.

I didn't know my perennium could be so sensitive with Jaurdice.

so a food safety and interstate guru you are. you start some shite with some people. not starting shite with you but that is a long time for that construction.

try estate sales. antiquetiger would approve.

it's most likely stapled to the stud. Don't forget about fire blocking, especially if you have over 8-ft ceilings. hopefully the cable is loose for you. You could always just get a different Internet provider and have them put the box somewhere else.

gravel or limestone or crushed concrete would be a better choice.

have you been anywhere lately that customer service was stellar?

That was a polite response. I like this board the most.

This sounds like a political question.