Proper way to dry out a crawl space?

[Versatile]

The old neighbor has a crawl space under his house and it has been wet under there. He has a box fan 20" blowing air underneath through a 24x48 " opening. Wouldn't he be better to turn it around and draw out the air? 38X24 FT CRAWL SPACE ABOUT 2 FT OFF THE GROUND.darn caps!

[Njsurf73]

Originally Posted by Versatile

The old neighbor has a crawl space under his house and it has been wet under there. He has a box fan 20" blowing air underneath through a 24x48 " opening. Wouldn't he be better to turn it around and draw out the air? 38X24 FT CRAWL SPACE ABOUT 2 FT OFF THE GROUND.darn caps!

I would "pull" the air out, but you have to make sure there is air coming in. A perfect scenario would be an opening across from where you are drawing air out.


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[Kubla]

Put a dehumidifier in it

[Stu & Filo. T]

I've got one of these,

RIDGID 1625 CFM Air Mover-AM2560 - The Home Depot

[superdave]

make sure he has gutters on the house with down spouts. there should be plastic on the ground, you shouldn't need a fan just vents on each side of the house

[cadillackid]

if the crawl space is getting that much water you may nmeed to think about french drains and a sump pump similar to northern basement drainage.
-Christopher

[milkmania]

We use one of these at the shop to pull smoke away from the laser engraver... WAY OVERKILL!
But I read some reviews where people are having pretty good luck ventilating various areas.