5 Reasons To Dehumidify Your Basement With A Basement Dehumidifier

Here are 5 reasons why you should dehumidifier your basement with a basement dehumidifier.  They are serious so pay attention as you too will suffer from these affect if you do not.

1.  To kill mold before it has a chance to grow by cutting off humidity.

2.  Basements are below grade and are wet, dark and damp offering mold a perfect places to grow.

3.  Mold grows in the basement on any porous and non- porous surface.  When you open the basement door it spreads through the house.  It is invisible in the air so you won't notice until it starts to smell and stink like mold.

4.  Mold exposure affects the health of everyone in the house.  Some get hit harder then others.  Healthy people feel lousy around mold but recover once out of the mold.  However, if you never leave the house, you are constantly exposed.  Mold triggers:  asthma, allergies, mold allergies, biotoxic reaction to mold which means that the untreated mold patient is constantly struggling with a worsening mold reaction.  This person lacks the immune response to create antibodies to kill mold.  Other problems:  trouble thinking, memory problems, headaches which can be severe, body aches and pains.  To read more check out the home page:  Can Mold Destroy Your Health?

5.  Humidity causes chemical off-gassing.  Sounds really nasty.  Well it is. Pretty much everything you own has chemicals leaching out of those items with high humidity:  carpeting, furniture, make-up, hobby supplies, construction materials, paints, etc.  Some these items contain known carcinogens:  VOCs  Volatile Organic Compounds;  Toluene, Formaldehyde, Radon, the many carcinogens in cigarette smoke, styrene used in making plastic and more.  Just to give you an idea why use of dehumidifiers are necessary especially in the basement.  Air Conditioners also dehumidify the air. However, too many folks turn them off to save money.  http://www.stopmoldcold.com/behealthy