More Than I Ever Wanted to Know About Water.

Ok, so apparently there are primarily two ways to dry out a building (or a basement). One is refrigeration - basically Air Conditioning. This works well for removing small amounts of humidity. If you really want to dry something out, the second method of Evaporation does the trick. Turn up the heat. Even though it has been hot outside, the air has been very humid. The get hot, dry air, turn on the furnace. We have had the heat on at the center since the day of the flood - around 84 degrees, with a lot of air movement.

When the weather person says "It's 104 in Arizona, but it is a DRY heat." Yeah, a lot like that. If you ever need to dry out a basement, turn on the heat for a couple of hours. It really works. Here is a 36" fan moving air in the front office.

Mike