Guest guest Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Does anyone know the answer to this question: Does air movement help to reduce mold growth?? The air quality tests I had done in my house showed my semi-enclosed porch to have the worse air quality. Now that I am aware of the importance of keeping humidity low, I can see why. Even though hot humid air gets into my attic, RH humidity is low up there. I have central air conditioning keeping the humidity in the house below 50%. The humidity is also low in the basement since I have a dehumidifier going down there all the time. However, how does one keep the humidity on an enclosed porch or semi-enclosed porch down? Put another way, how do I protect my porch from growing mold??? Porch is enclosed with all screens and jeolosey windows. Jeolosy windows keep rain from blowing in but don't close snuggly enough to keep outdoor humidity out. Humidity on the porch is pretty much the same as outdoor air, so it's high right now. My question is: Does air movement help so that keeping windows open so air would circulate help any? I will be remodeling porch to use more humidity friendly materials in the future sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 You have to decide first if you want to treat the porch as indoor or outdoor. If you are in a high humidity area like me, with and outdoor, screened porch, everything will mold. You cant leave a daybed for sleeping outdoors, unless it is a blow up areobed, which I highly recommend, because they can be taken outside and scrubbed down-. also a ceiling fan to add more air, but you will have to scrub it down in spring, and acouple of times in the summer with a product like moldzyme, and keep nothing on the porch that can't be cleaned. If you are going to treat it as inside, you will have to maybe change the windows to those that will shut tighter, my friend just did that to his old windows like yours, then at the least you can close them in the summer, and de-humidify it, if you don't want to go to the expense to cool it. I used my enclosed porch for three seasons, as I had a gas heater there, then open for spring and fall, closed in summer with a de-humidifyer, it worked well. <bbw@f...> wrote: > Does anyone know the answer to this question: > > Does air movement help to reduce mold growth?? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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