Why is my basement so humid
Basement Humidity: What's Normal?
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every basement is gonna have a humidity
level and safe humidity levels range
from like 30% up to 50% in a basement
once you get up to that 50% marker
there's enough moisture in the air to
allow some of the common indoor
allergens to start to survive and thrive
the most prevalent would be the dust
mite dust mite ingest moisture out of
the air and one of the most common
indoor allergens is fecal matter from
dust mites now once you start getting
over 55 percent that's when certain
types of mold can grow and at 60 percent
relative humidity then you've got
conditions for black mold and black mold
is very very dangerous
definitely a health concern for many
homeowners if you walk downstairs in the
spring or the summer some of them the
more humid months and you can and you
get that damp feeling or damp smell or a
musty basement smell likely the relative
humidity is beyond what it should be if
you want to make sure that mold and
indoor allergens are not a problem in
your home so we get a lot of phone calls
from customers who just have don't
necessarily have ground water or water
entering the basement but they have damp
smells damp feeling musty smells in the
basement I want to get it checked out
and
I would recommend that to anybody is to
have your relative humidity checked
especially during the humid spring and
summer months to make sure that you are
producing the air quality that you want
in your basement ultimately