Basements that dry to the inside / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...the thousands of liters of water that are already in the wall from drying safely to the inside, where it could easily be handled by a dehumidifier or by ventilation with an HRV or ERV system. The only way walls below grade can possibly dry is to the inside. We have to stop trying to prevent that by wrapping them with a...

...the air, there are health consequences from having either too much or too little moisture in our homes. There are bacteria, viruses, moulds and mites that will show up on either end of the spectrum if your air is either too humid or too dry. As the EPA say, somewhere in the range of 35 to 50% relative humidity is gener...