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😕 does anyone ever use a dehumidifire,large cpacity,to leave at those jobs where floods.i leave my blowers but now want a large dehumid.there dehumid, is always to small of course,why would anyone have a commercilal one.does anyone else deal with this
Tim, I bought a large household dehumidifier that I use in my basement. When I have a customer that I have has excess humidity in the basement as you indicated I rent them mine along with the turbo fan. I hook a hose up to it and run it to the floor drain. It usual is there at least a week depending on the amount of water that was in the basement. Get one that will not ice up and has the ability to defrost itself.
I always recommend to the customer to remove the pad completely to help eliminate mold and mildew formation (plus the odor that goes with it). 90% don’t want the chance of mold or the odor that is associated and follow my recommendation. After extracting the carpet, I loosely lay the carpet on the floor and use the turbo fan to blow under it to force air thru the carpet and dry down the concrete. Higher air temp and air movement is critical to get it to dry quickly.
Tim,
We stopped doing water damage work. We took the IICRC course in water damage, and realized that we were exposing ourselves to significant liability by not doing it right.
When we looked at what it would cost do do it right, we found that we’d need to invest several thousand dollars to buy meters, dehumidifiers, and additional blowers. We decided that we really weren’t ready to make the investment.
Tim,
I used to do alot of water damage work. Now I only offer it to my apartment and rental communities. You need to look at a Drieaz 1200 or larger. you need something that will pull at least 30-40 pints a day and has an auto purge on it. If you extract the water proprerly, set your fans to blow under the carpets ( and also leave any area peeled back so the moist air can escape) spay an antimicrobial treatment of some kind ( “Milgo” or even “Simple Green”)into the fans intake so it blows it underneath the capet, and then set a dehu.-you will have great results. Its critical that you spend alot of time extracting as much water as possible before you do any of the other steps! Its a myth about having the heat cranked up. If you do that without “antimicro” you will actually create an environment for mold and mildew spores to grow more rapidly. If you have any questions call me. 888-313-3533-Ammon
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