How to reduce HUMIDITY and get rid of MOLD on or OFF GRID ~ works after HURRICANES

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How to reduce humidity and get rid of mold, mildew and moisture in your house. Budget Friendly product. We learned this from the Amish

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[TheWtfnonamez]

Kinda hilarious how everyone telling me how to THINK is modern, but everyone helping me to LIVE is old fashioned. Thank you for this excellent advice sir.

[dusty]

Great tip, but FYI the water that your collecting is really liquid Calcium chloride, it will continue to absorb moisture. The thing is this is a very corrosive liquid, and care should be take. As not to allow it to contact any substrate like metal of any kind, additionally this product works best with even minimal air flow over it. It’s a great concept just care should be taken if you have kids or pets that can contact it. Thanks for sharing

[TokyoCraftsman]

We have that here in Japan already packaged in bags that look like a little pillow. When I renovate old houses I always put down some thick plastic on the ground under the house (old houses often have a perimeter foundation with pier blocks in the middle of the house so there is bare ground everywhere which means LOTS of humidity in the summer). The bags get spread around on the plastic, I put LOTS of them down there and they absorb the moisture, then in the winter months it is VERY dry here and the humidity is released, and by the next summer the bags are ready to absorb moisture again. Of course as we are on grid I put ventilation fans down there on a humidistat as well, but just the bags work well too.
Cheers from Tokyo!

[ratchet]

To reactivate the the calcium chloride, just heat it up in the oven. When it loses the pink color it's ready to use again.

[jkhenderson]

It is also sold at pool stores as a calcium increaser. Just in case anyone Ives by a pool store. Thanks so much for the info!

[jesus.maryandjoseph]

Great video! We LOVE your channel! My husband and I just purchased 50 acres with a small home (750 bungalow) with a full, 8ft. concrete foundation, which we plan to completely develop into living space for our family of 7. This home is being gutted to the studs, re-insulationed with quality batt insulation, drywalled, and completely rebuilt. We are trying our best to go off-grid. We were initially thinking that we should have a HVAC air exchange system (cost is about $4, 100 CAD). But, we know the times in which we are living, and we are preparing to be without power at some point, hence, trying to get off the grid as much as possible. We don't want to throw away over $4, 000, but we also need a way to release the moisture in our home from cooking, showering, breathing, etc. Our home will be pretty air-tight by the time it's complete. What do you recommend would be the best solution to keep moisture out of our home, should we decide to forego the expensive air exchanger? We live in a very humid area (in both winter and summer), along the cost in Nova Scotia, Canada. We definitely have to have a plan in place, so that our home doesn't grow mold in the attic/ceiling areas, walls, and in the basement. Any and all suggestions would be tremendously appreciated. Praying for you guys, and thanking God for your wonderful channel!

[simonsays]

Can easily kill mold with a tablespoon of baking soda mixed in a gallon of water. Vinegar I'm told also works. U just need to adjust the PH level of whatever the mold is growing on. Apply with pump sprayer, spray bottle, rag, spongue, etc. It takes @3 days but the mold WILL NOT COME BACK like it does with bleach applications.

[erikdarm]

This product is sold as DampRid in all big box stores. They have a small collection bag underneath the calcium chloride pellets that absorb and drip. Nice to know that this product is also sold in large amounts.

[RhondaRichter-]

I'm in WI and don't have a dehumidifier so I'm going to do this!!! So awesome!! I live in a small city in North central WI so I am SO glad I found you!! My children think I'm crazy "preparing" but I have 16 grandchildren and I do it for them. God bless, stay safe everyone!!

[lunacresentmoon]

Kitty litter and sea salt can also be used if you can get a hold of calcium chloride

[suchef]

Good to know! Whether you are off grid or not, moisture is always an issue! Thanks for sharing!!

[andrewmccall]

I have used a product called Damp Rid successfully I’m the past and sure enough calcium chloride is the main ingredient. I’ll be sure to buy it in bulk next time and save a bunch of money! Thanks

[mirjamjunginger]

You could plant a vine next to your walls (south). Its roots will soak all the moisture and you could harvest grapes, too. This is the natural way they did in earlier centuries.

[colleenhefner]

Awesome! As a veteran of several hurricanes and even more humid summers, this will be extremely handy! Thanks!

[karenbuckner]

Great Nugget!  Thanks Doug and Stacy, and thank your Amish friends for us, too!  This nugget will not only help with mold and mildew, but help protect your beautiful cabin from rotting.  My grandfather redirected a creek to build their home where he wanted.  They had a cement cellar in which he created a channel for the underground creek water to come in, channel around the wall edge and flow back out the other side of the cellar.  Seemed like a good idea, right?  It took decades, but in time the moisture rotted out the stairs and floor joists and floor boards collapsing the first floor into the cellar.  (They weren't living there at the time, but the stairs did collapse with my uncle on them.)  Love how you love us enough to share these nuggets!  <3

[jeffm]

Nice, just be sure to empty that bucket from time to time. Personally I would add a fitting to the bucket and run a small hose to the outdoors to auto drain the bucket. Collect and divert.

[PrincessShaBooBoo]

This is the MOST useful piece of information I have heard this entire month! I will use your technique for my cellar and in my crawl space 😊

[blessedisshegroup]

I'm on grid, but with no air conditioning so this was helpful to me as well - thank you!

[lindahumphrey]

That sodium chloride trick would also help with keeping spiders out as well from your home. They love dark, moist, damp areas to set up housekeeping. Great tip!