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KY_EnviroGuy

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7. Try using heat and try to get rid of that moist air you're creating.
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 01:36 AM
Feb 2025

You can use heat (via your furnace or portable heaters) to speed up the process but also remember the moisture is now contained in the room air, which you should get rid of. If not, it will eventually condense onto cold windows and walls. You can help that process by ensuring some fresh air entry/moist air exhaust until drying is done.

A portable dehumidifier would help tremendously to speed things up, if you could borrow or rent one.

Another thing that will speed up the process is to run a wet/dry shop vac around the edges and cracks. That will pull any remaining water toward the open air for evaporation.

I know well how frustrating this can be and wish you the best of luck.

KY

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