Realize you will have "bad hair" days.....all the time. I don't have a clue on how to fix that!
Thank you all for the great tips! Quite a few things I learned from these answers.
We will also have a 22 kw generator and a whole house surge protector. I don’t know much about these surge protectors. Is it necessary to have the individual item ones if we also have the whole house protector?
Every spring the hardware stores load up on this stuff called Damprid. They will have a hundred containers of the stuff stacked in a big display.
I was told to put the one gallon bucket in the shower with the lid off, and it would absorb moisture.
I think it is silly. Maybe someone here can make me a believer.
If it absorbs moisture, won't the moisture collected in the bucket just evaporate back into the air?We have a block storage area that is under the front porch, with one access to the garage and another to the basement on the other end. It is below grade so anytime one of the garage doors are open, the moist air will find a way to the walls and condense. Just enough to allow some mold to start on the block wall. Damprid or similar product takes care of it.
If it absorbs moisture, won't the moisture collected in the bucket just evaporate back into the air?
No, rhe packs absorb the moisture and it becomes jelly like inside the envelope.
Have you ever seen calcium chloride used as a dust suppressor? We would sprinkle calcium chloride on tram roads and travel ways when we didn't have water available to wet the tram roads down. The calcium chloride absorbs moisture from the air and created a light mud, so that the roadway dust wouldn't get airborne. The effect is shown if you use calcium chloride as a ice melter, and it will turn to goo if your used portion isn't properly sealed in the summer. I suspect that that is the active ingredient in DampRid.