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July 2007
Crawlspace Mold ~ Drainage vs. Drying

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Letters Crawlspace Mold Your recent response to a question concerning crawlspace mold (Soundings, January/February 2007) addressed almost all areas with the exception of this one: oversizing air conditioning units. Doing so creates many more problems than it solves. In the summer, it is both cold and damp (very high relative humidity) inside the house, and the unconditioned space (be it attic or crawlspace) has a very high moisture content, often with areas of mold. The mold problem can be exacerbated when the HVAC draws outside air through the house to feed the air-handling requirements but the return air from the

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