Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 you can purchase a humidity meter at home depot. felice <anupath14@...> wrote: I understand my basement should be no more than 50% humidity, is that correct? How do I test for this? Felice --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 What happens over 50%? Does mold start to make spores?? --- felice <anupath14@...> wrote: > I understand my basement should be no more than > 50% humidity, is that correct? How do I test > for this? Felice > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Amazon.com and other web sites also have several low cost hydrometer/hygrometers available in case you don't want to go to Home Depot and mess around looking for it. Gosh when I went for those culture plates you would have thought I wanted to buy a rare species of imported bird when I asked them for help finding it. And at each of the three Home Depots I eventually went to it was in a different section of the store! Lori Re: [] humidity testing?? you can purchase a humidity meter at home depot. felice <anupath14@...> wrote: I understand my basement should be no more than 50% humidity, is that correct? How do I test for this? Felice --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 You can also find good humidity gauges at National Allergy Supply, online and other allergy stores. --- Lori Baur <lori@...> wrote: > Amazon.com and other web sites also have > several low cost hydrometer/hygrometers > available in case you don't want to go to Home > Depot and mess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Just wondering. Do the hydrometers measure humidity in line with what Mr. Grimes had posted earlier about relative humidity? bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: You can also find good humidity gauges at National Allergy Supply, online and other allergy stores. --- Lori Baur <lori@...> wrote: > Amazon.com and other web sites also have > several low cost hydrometer/hygrometers > available in case you don't want to go to Home > Depot and mess Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... --------------------------------- All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 no they do not. they measure the actual humidity. Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote: Just wondering. Do the hydrometers measure humidity in line with what Mr. Grimes had posted earlier about relative humidity? bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: You can also find good humidity gauges at National Allergy Supply, online and other allergy stores. --- Lori Baur <lori@...> wrote: > Amazon.com and other web sites also have > several low cost hydrometer/hygrometers > available in case you don't want to go to Home > Depot and mess Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... --------------------------------- All-new - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 I didn't see Carl's post on that but the ones at National Allergy do gauge relative humidity. I had some gauges before that were definately off and I think the one's I got there have been more accurate for me. I have one in the basement, first floor and second floor. No use measuring the attic since I can't do anything about that. --- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote: > Just wondering. Do the hydrometers measure > humidity in line with what Mr. Grimes had > posted earlier about relative humidity? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: I didn't see Carl's post on that but the ones at National Allergy do gauge relative humidity. I had some gauges before that were definately off and I think the one's I got there have been more accurate for me. I have one in the basement, first floor and second floor. No use measuring the attic since I can't do anything about that. --- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote: > Just wondering. Do the hydrometers measure > humidity in line with what Mr. Grimes had > posted earlier about relative humidity? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 If you can look his post up or ask him to repost it it was VERY interesting. I even bought a whole weather station to make sure I was getting acurate readings inside and out, plus I have an in wall saltwater aquarium and I keep measurments of the room behind it just to make sure it never goes above 40% in there. But when I read his explanation about the difference between relative and actual humidity I found out why I kept going up and down all the time at night and during the day. He always gives very good explinations to things like this. Let me know if you can't find it and I will cut and paste his post for you. Chris... bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: I didn't see Carl's post on that but the ones at National Allergy do gauge relative humidity. I had some gauges before that were definately off and I think the one's I got there have been more accurate for me. I have one in the basement, first floor and second floor. No use measuring the attic since I can't do anything about that. --- Tazin Round <unitedstatesvet@...> wrote: > Just wondering. Do the hydrometers measure > humidity in line with what Mr. Grimes had > posted earlier about relative humidity? > > Life is a balance of holding on and letting go... --------------------------------- Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 It is not mold-free for sure in absolute sense. My basement and garage are half sunken and have full size windows for light. Two windows in garage and five in basement so it isn't dark Basement has four vents and so is air conditioned and heated like rest of house so not unconditioned space, not dark. However, I wouldn't try to make it a safe room since air mixes completely with rest of house. Rest of house though has had mold exposure and all the wall to wall carpeting, fabric wall paper, etc make the rest of the house worse than basement and garage unfortunately for me. That's why I'm not there right now. I didn't move into basement, --- Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@...> wrote: > Any subterranean unheated/unairconditioned dark > space will have some mold. It may not be moldy > or have as much mold as the interior or > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 wait--barb--the basement is air conditioned??? I hope it is a finished basement. bbw <barb1283@...> wrote: It is not mold-free for sure in absolute sense. My basement and garage are half sunken and have full size windows for light. Two windows in garage and five in basement so it isn't dark Basement has four vents and so is air conditioned and heated like rest of house so not unconditioned space, not dark. However, I wouldn't try to make it a safe room since air mixes completely with rest of house. Rest of house though has had mold exposure and all the wall to wall carpeting, fabric wall paper, etc make the rest of the house worse than basement and garage unfortunately for me. That's why I'm not there right now. I didn't move into basement, --- Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@...> wrote: > Any subterranean unheated/unairconditioned dark > space will have some mold. It may not be moldy > or have as much mold as the interior or > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Basement is not finished (painted concrete walls and floor), but forced air system is ducted to basement as well as it is in rest of home so air is all the same. If there is humidity or water problem down there, you would be closer to source but it wouldn't be as concentrated as if separated like many basements are. That makes basement air a little better, HOWEVER it make rest of house air WORSE if you know what I mean... I CLOSE vents in basement in summer since basement is naturally cool but closed vents still leak lots of a/c'ed air into basement, and there is still alot of mixing of air. Also door to basement is not solid, but a louvered door so wasn't made to be separate..half above ground, plenty of daylight, and vented with louvered door. However when foundation problem occurred, that helped it to spread air problems over whole house I'm sure. --- Leigh McCall-Alton <mccallalton@...> wrote: > wait--barb--the basement is air conditioned??? > I hope it is a finished basement. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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