what's needed to air dry clothes in basement? - Home Improvement

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Dryinncryin @74.198.150.x	reply to adamtech78 Re: what's needed to air dry clothes in basement? For air drying your clothes I highly recommend a room that has a steady supply of air in it. AVOID liquid filled options at all costs you will not get the desired result. HoPe this helps. If all else fails call a pro.
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Neil Rice join:2011-10-03	reply to Kearnstd Well, a lot of options here, some good ones. I think it's cool you can tap the power of the Internet to find this kind of info now. It still amazes me. I would second the opinions that you should try some other options before you invest in a dehumidifier. I however, have to get another. Maybe we should just move to Arizona.
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KrK Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy Premium join:2000-01-17 Tulsa, OK	reply to adamtech78 A fan is probably plenty, actually.
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smithfly114 Premium join:2008-01-14	reply to Dryinncryin said by Dryinncryin : For air drying your clothes I highly recommend a room that has a steady supply of air in it. AVOID liquid filled options at all costs you will not get the desired result. HoPe this helps. If all else fails call a pro. I agree, a liquid filled room would not dry your clothes. ha
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whizkid3 Premium,MVM join:2002-02-21 Queens, NY kudos:8	reply to adamtech78 We have a gas dryer but don't like shrunken clothes. During the winter we hang them in the same room with our (innefficient) furnace. They dry relatively quickly with nothing more. There is no air-flow. As for the humidity, we don't have to run the dehumidifier in the winter - it stays nice and dry there. In the summer, likely because of our climate, we have to run the dehumidifier to keep the basement from getting damp. But then the clothes are hung outside. I suggest trying it by hanging them in the furnace room (just keep them well away from the furnace and any sources of ignition). See what happens. It won't cost you anything.
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Neil Rice join:2011-10-03	reply to Neil Rice Really, after thinking about this, especially since I talked to a friend doing the same thing, I think it's better to just get a washer and dryer and be done with it. Unless you have moisture problems you have to take care of too. The smell and feel of clothes just aren't the same. Have to dry them outside for that.
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alkizmo join:2007-06-25 Pierrefonds, QC	reply to whizkid3 said by whizkid3: See what happens. It won't cost you anything. Thanks to you, my shirts now smell like spiders!
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Mr Matt join:2008-01-29 Eustis, FL kudos:1 Reviews: ·CenturyLink ·Comcast ·Embarq Now Centu.. ·Millenicom	reply to adamtech78 If you had an electric dryer you might want to do what a friend of mine did. He installed a special dryer vent valve and supplemental filter in the dryer vent line. In the winter he switched the valve so it directed the hot moist air into the return air plenum of the heating system, from the dryer. In the summer the valve directed the hot moist air to the vent line outside. For best results he turned the heating system fan on while drying clothes. That added humidity and heat to the air in the home not wasting any energy and humidifying the home. The problem is that you have a gas dryer. Combustion products from a gas dryer are vented through the dryer vent. Venting a gas dryer into the heating system can cause Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
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patcat88 join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY kudos:1 1 edit	reply to adamtech78 said by adamtech78: Our current dryer is very old and probably has few months left (we moved in six months ago and the washer finally took a dump two months after). My washer and gas drier were bought in 1971. Puke yellow green in color. Drier has a metal support bar fall out and scrape against the drum once. Washer had a belt break, and a hose of some kind attached to the drum developed a crack and a leak where a hose clamp attached it to the drum. Otherwise no problems. I plan to use them until the day I die. My washer looks almost identical to this pic, except I have 2 more white buttons on the right side »kayevs.files.wordpress.com/2008/···48&h=339
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telco_mtl join:2012-01-06	said by patcat88: said by adamtech78: Our current dryer is very old and probably has few months left (we moved in six months ago and the washer finally took a dump two months after). My washer and gas drier were bought in 1971. Puke yellow green in color. Drier has a metal support bar fall out and scrape against the drum once. Washer had a belt break, and a hose of some kind attached to the drum developed a crack and a leak where a hose clamp attached it to the drum. Otherwise no problems. I plan to use them until the day I die. My washer looks almost identical to this pic, except I have 2 more white buttons on the right side »kayevs.files.wordpress.com/2008/···48&h=339 my mom has the same maytag, my aunt has the same one, survived being submerged twice in basement flooding. When my 5 year old 'ge' (made by mabe) died i went looking for one like that, they retail for over 150$ for a 30 year old washer!
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Nick_L Premium join:2003-01-22 Pittsburgh, PA	reply to adamtech78 I suggest you set up a sub-space dampening field and use a photonic beam emitter to pass the garments one by one through the field. Everyone knows that sub-space is really dry so the clothes should emerge dry and fluffy soft. Holy crap, people are REALLY overthinking this. People have been hanging fabric to dry in dwellings for thousands of years. It's not rocket science. Hang em up. Let them dry. take em down. If you find the clothes are not drying fast enough to suit you moving air (warm or cool) will accelerate the process. just add a small oscillating fan (or a box fan on low) pointed tward the clothes.
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patcat88 join:2002-04-05 Jamaica, NY kudos:1	said by Nick_L: I suggest you set up a sub-space dampening field and use a photonic beam emitter to pass the garments one by one through the field. Everyone knows that sub-space is really dry so the clothes should emerge dry and fluffy soft. Perhaps a vacuum chamber to dry your clothes? You can make freezed dried food too with it. Or a good commercial Amana »www.acpsolutions.com/RC30S2.asp ? said by Nick_L: Holy crap, people are REALLY overthinking this. People have been hanging fabric to dry in dwellings for thousands of years. It's not rocket science. Hang em up. Let them dry. take em down. If you find the clothes are not drying fast enough to suit you moving air (warm or cool) will accelerate the process. just add a small oscillating fan (or a box fan on low) pointed tward the clothes. You will cause a mold problem or peeling paint if you do that. Thats why people are getting agitated here.
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Nick_L Premium join:2003-01-22 Pittsburgh, PA	said by patcat88: You will cause a mold problem or peeling paint if you do that. Thats why people are getting agitated here. Mold is biological. It is not caused by moisture. Moisture is one of the conditions it finds favorable to growth, but if adding that limited amount of moisture to the air tips the balance, the home has other, more serious problems. Paint peeing is cause by substandard adhesion to the pained substrate (usually caused by dirt/oil). Paint bubbling is caused by moisture migrating through the painted substrate from the opposite side. Moisture in a room where the paint is properly applied and cured will NOT cause bubbling or peeling.
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