Flyover
Trying not to screw things up worse
Our neighborhood flooded pretty bad yesterday and some people lost their homes, but we got off with water just up to the foundation in the back. (That didn't stop the journalists from putting me and my family on the front page of the news, those bastards. But I digress...) It's a beam-on-pier ranch and we have a crawlspace a couple feet high. So, a literal crawlspace, not a crouchspace. I'm certain water got in there, and it smells like it in certain parts of the house now. Gonna go to the hardware store and pick up a couple of dehumidifiers to put down there, but I've never done this before.
Any recommendations on what type of dehumidifier to buy? Where to place them? Anything else I should know? As far as I know, my crawlspace is not vented.
Another factor to be aware of is that I'm not sure I can access all of the crawlspace. I think I'd need to kind of burrow down into the gravel to get past the joists, and I'm hesitant to do that, especially now that it's all wet.
Any recommendations on what type of dehumidifier to buy? Where to place them? Anything else I should know? As far as I know, my crawlspace is not vented.
Another factor to be aware of is that I'm not sure I can access all of the crawlspace. I think I'd need to kind of burrow down into the gravel to get past the joists, and I'm hesitant to do that, especially now that it's all wet.