
Areas we serve: Maine
Androscoggin
Auburn, ME
Danville, ME
Durham, ME
East Livermore, ME
East Poland, ME
Greene, ME
Leeds, ME
Lewiston, ME
Lisbon, ME
Lisbon Falls, ME
Livermore, ME
Livermore Falls, ME
Mechanic Falls, ME
Minot, ME
North Turner, ME
Poland, ME
Sabattus, ME
Turner, ME
West Minot, ME
West Poland, ME
Aroostook
Orient, ME
Presque Isle, ME
Wytopitlock, ME
Cumberland
Bailey Island, ME
Bridgton, ME
Brunswick, ME
Bustins Island, ME
Cape Elizabeth, ME
Casco, ME
Chebeague Island, ME
Cliff Island, ME
Cumberland Center, ME
Cumberland Foreside, ME
East Baldwin, ME
Falmouth, ME
Freeport, ME
Gorham, ME
Gray, ME
Harpswell, ME
Harrison, ME
Long Island, ME
Naples, ME
New Gloucester, ME
North Bridgton, ME
North Yarmouth, ME
Orrs Island, ME
Peaks Island, ME
Portland, ME
Pownal, ME
Raymond, ME
Scarborough, ME
Sebago, ME
Sebago Lake, ME
South Casco, ME
South Freeport, ME
South Portland, ME
South Windham, ME
Standish, ME
Steep Falls, ME
West Baldwin, ME
Westbrook, ME
Windham, ME
Yarmouth, ME
Franklin
Dryden, ME
East Dixfield, ME
East Wilton, ME
Eustis, ME
Farmington Falls, ME
Jay, ME
Kingfield, ME
New Sharon, ME
New Vineyard, ME
North Jay, ME
Oquossoc, ME
Phillips, ME
Rangeley, ME
Stratton, ME
Strong, ME
Temple, ME
Weld, ME
West Farmington, ME
Wilton, ME
Hancock
Aurora, ME
Bucksport, ME
Castine, ME
Deer Isle, ME
East Orland, ME
Franklin, ME
Hancock, ME
Mount Desert, ME
Orland, ME
Penobscot, ME
Southwest Harbor, ME
Kennebec
Augusta, ME
Belgrade, ME
Belgrade Lakes, ME
China Village, ME
Clinton, ME
East Vassalboro, ME
East Winthrop, ME
Farmingdale, ME
Gardiner, ME
Hallowell, ME
Kents Hill, ME
Litchfield, ME
Manchester, ME
Monmouth, ME
Mount Vernon, ME
North Monmouth, ME
North Vassalboro, ME
Oakland, ME
Randolph, ME
Readfield, ME
South China, ME
South Gardiner, ME
Vassalboro, ME
Vienna, ME
Waterville, ME
Wayne, ME
Windsor, ME
Winthrop, ME
Knox
Camden, ME
Cushing, ME
Friendship, ME
Glen Cove, ME
Hope, ME
Matinicus, ME
North Haven, ME
Owls Head, ME
Port Clyde, ME
Rockland, ME
Rockport, ME
South Thomaston, ME
Spruce Head, ME
Tenants Harbor, ME
Thomaston, ME
Vinalhaven, ME
Warren, ME
Washington, ME
West Rockport, ME
Lincoln
Alna, ME
Boothbay, ME
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Bremen, ME
Bristol, ME
Chamberlain, ME
Coopers Mills, ME
Damariscotta, ME
Dresden, ME
East Boothbay, ME
Edgecomb, ME
Isle Of Springs, ME
Jefferson, ME
Monhegan, ME
New Harbor, ME
Newcastle, ME
Nobleboro, ME
Pemaquid, ME
Round Pond, ME
South Bristol, ME
Southport, ME
Squirrel Island, ME
Trevett, ME
Waldoboro, ME
Walpole, ME
West Boothbay Harbor, ME
Whitefield, ME
Wiscasset, ME
Oxford
Andover, ME
Bethel, ME
Brownfield, ME
Bryant Pond, ME
Buckfield, ME
Canton, ME
Center Lovell, ME
Denmark, ME
Dixfield, ME
East Andover, ME
Fryeburg, ME
Greenwood, ME
Hanover, ME
Hebron, ME
Hiram, ME
Lovell, ME
Mexico, ME
Newry, ME
North Waterford, ME
Norway, ME
Oxford, ME
Paris, ME
Peru, ME
Porter, ME
Roxbury, ME
Rumford, ME
Rumford Center, ME
South Paris, ME
Stoneham, ME
Sumner, ME
Waterford, ME
West Bethel, ME
West Paris, ME
Penobscot
Bangor, ME
Bradford, ME
Bradley, ME
Brewer, ME
Burlington, ME
Carmel, ME
Charleston, ME
Corinna, ME
Corinth, ME
Dexter, ME
Dixmont, ME
East Millinocket, ME
East Newport, ME
Eddington, ME
Etna, ME
Exeter, ME
Garland, ME
Greenbush, ME
Hampden, ME
Holden, ME
Howland, ME
Hudson, ME
Kenduskeag, ME
Kingman, ME
Lagrange, ME
Lee, ME
Levant, ME
Lincoln, ME
Mattawamkeag, ME
Medway, ME
Milford, ME
Millinocket, ME
Newport, ME
Olamon, ME
Old Town, ME
Orono, ME
Orrington, ME
Passadumkeag, ME
Plymouth, ME
Springfield, ME
Stetson, ME
Stillwater, ME
West Enfield, ME
Winn, ME
Piscataquis
Abbot, ME
Brownville, ME
Brownville Junction, ME
Dover Foxcroft, ME
Greenville, ME
Greenville Junction, ME
Guilford, ME
Milo, ME
Monson, ME
Sangerville, ME
Sebec, ME
Shirley Mills, ME
Sagadahoc
Bath, ME
Bowdoin, ME
Bowdoinham, ME
Georgetown, ME
Phippsburg, ME
Richmond, ME
Sebasco Estates, ME
Topsham, ME
Woolwich, ME
Somerset
Anson, ME
Athens, ME
Bingham, ME
Cambridge, ME
Canaan, ME
Caratunk, ME
Detroit, ME
Fairfield, ME
Harmony, ME
Hartland, ME
Hinckley, ME
Jackman, ME
Madison, ME
New Portland, ME
Norridgewock, ME
North Anson, ME
Palmyra, ME
Pittsfield, ME
Rockwood, ME
Saint Albans, ME
Shawmut, ME
Skowhegan, ME
Smithfield, ME
Solon, ME
West Forks, ME
Waldo
Belfast, ME
Brooks, ME
Burnham, ME
Frankfort, ME
Freedom, ME
Islesboro, ME
Liberty, ME
Lincolnville, ME
Lincolnville Center, ME
Monroe, ME
Morrill, ME
Palermo, ME
Sandy Point, ME
Searsmont, ME
Searsport, ME
Stockton Springs, ME
Thorndike, ME
Troy, ME
Unity, ME
Winterport, ME
Washington
Brookton, ME
Danforth, ME
Lambert Lake, ME
Machias, ME
Steuben, ME
Topsfield, ME
Vanceboro, ME
Waite, ME
York
Acton, ME
Alfred, ME
Bar Mills, ME
Berwick, ME
Biddeford, ME
Biddeford Pool, ME
Buxton, ME
Cape Neddick, ME
Cape Porpoise, ME
Cornish, ME
East Parsonsfield, ME
East Waterboro, ME
Eliot, ME
Hollis Center, ME
Kennebunk, ME
Kennebunkport, ME
Kittery, ME
Kittery Point, ME
Lebanon, ME
Limerick, ME
Limington, ME
Moody, ME
Newfield, ME
North Berwick, ME
North Waterboro, ME
Ocean Park, ME
Ogunquit, ME
Old Orchard Beach, ME
Parsonsfield, ME
Saco, ME
Sanford, ME
Shapleigh, ME
South Berwick, ME
Springvale, ME
Waterboro, ME
Wells, ME
West Kennebunk, ME
West Newfield, ME
York, ME
York Beach, ME
York Harbor, ME
New-hampshire
Belknap
Alton, NH
Alton Bay, NH
Carroll
East Wakefield, NH
Effingham, NH
Ossipee, NH
Sanbornville, NH
Union, NH
Wolfeboro, NH
Wolfeboro Falls, NH
Rockingham
New Castle, NH
Strafford
Dover, NH
Farmington, NH
Milton, NH
Milton Mills, NH
New Durham, NH
Newington, NH
Rochester, NH
Rollinsford, NH
Somersworth, NH
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Basement & Crawl Space Dehumidifiers in Maine, Southeastern NH
When "dry" means your basement feels dry, smells dry, and looks dry.
Just because you have a basement waterproofing system, doesn't mean you have a dry basement. There are three ways you can still get dampness even after you have installed a basement waterproofing system in the Baltimore, Washington DC and Northern Virginia areas:
- Capillary action, meaning wicking, can bring in moisture. For example a block wall may not leak, but it feels damp because it's wicking the water inside it to the surface like a sponge.
- Water vapor coming through your walls and floor also needs to be addressed. By installing one of the basement wall systems and our ThermalDry Floor Matting, we don't have to worry about wicking and have slowed water vapor transmission down considerably.
- Water also gets into your basement from exterior air leaking into your basement. This is not a problem as long as the outside air is cooler than the basement. It's the warmer summertime air that moves lots of water into our basement.
Whenever the outside air is warmer than the inside air – and especially when it's humid outside air – we are likely to have a condensation problem in our subterranean levels. This is because the relative humidity of air goes up 2.2% for every one-degree you cool it. Basements are always cool because they are below ground. And we know that a house is like a chimney – air flows upwards, allowing air to escape the upper levels, with new air being sucked in at the lower levels.
So when it's hot and humid in the summer, rain or not, our basement may be the wettest it has been all year!
If it's an 80-degree day with Relative Humidity of 80%, and we suck this air into our basements and cool it to 68 degrees, the Relative Humidity goes up by 26.4% (12 degrees x 2.2%). But wait a minute... 80% plus 26.4% is more than 100%, and we can't have more than 100%. So instead, as the air becomes saturated it gives up its moisture on your cold basement walls, floor, water tank, pipes, and other cold things. This is called condensation.
Even without condensation, we still get high relative humidity levels, which allows mold to grow and cause "stinky basement syndrome." And dust mites love high relative humidity levels as well.
In order to eliminate condensation you need to either heat the air (ridiculous in summer), or take water out of it (easy to do). Correction. I should say take water out of it efficiently and effectively (not so easy unless you have the right equipment to do it with).
Not Just Any Dehumidifier
A dehumidifier is the plain answer. But not just any dehumidifier. Basement Systems has been dealing with this issue intensely for nearly 20 years. The only machine that will get you the results you need is one called a SaniDry Basement Air System. And it's awesome.
To receive a FREE copy of "Dry Basement Science," which talks in more detail about dehumidification. relative humidity, and the SaniDry Basement and Crawl Space Air System, schedule your FREE home inspection and estimate, and we'll send the book to you.
To read more, visit the SaniDry website.
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