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Humidity. No stranger to Florida.

The house is 74 & it still feels sticky. That's not the temperature, that's 65% humidity, & cooling the air more won't fix it. We read the number, find out why, & tell you the cheapest fix first.

What it usually is

The system is too big

It cools fast & shuts off before it pulls the water out. Common on houses where somebody "went up a size to be safe." The fix is right sizing at replacement, or a variable speed system that runs long & slow.

Leaky return ducts

A return pulling attic air pulls attic humidity. We pressure test & seal.

Running it too cold

Keep it 72 & up. It's Florida, it'll get there.

A variable speed system

Sometimes the real fix is the equipment. A variable speed system runs long & slow instead of blasting & stopping. The coil gets very cold, the air moves across it slowly, & the water in that air condenses on the coil & goes down the drain instead of back into the room. One of our customers went from 67% to 49% with a 17 SEER Trane, same thermostat setting, same house.

It actually needs a dehumidifier

Some houses do. A whole house unit on the return, drained to the condensate line, set to 50. We say this one last, not first.

  • Some of it

    Variable speedThe 17 SEER Trane that fixed it. Variable speed. This house went from 67% to 49% without touching the thermostat.

From the gallery of gross

This is what 70% humidity does to a plenum. The gallery has the rest.

See the gallery of gross

Questions people ask

Because the air is 65% water. A system that's too big cools the air fast & shuts off before it pulls the moisture out. Right sizing fixes more humidity problems than any gadget.
Sometimes. If the system is sized right & the house still sits over 55%, a whole house dehumidifier on the return is the fix. We'll show you the readings first.
45 to 55% indoors. Over 60 for weeks is mold, warped doors, & that smell in the closet.
A good one reads humidity & can run the fan slower to wring more out. It's not a dehumidifier, but it's a cheap first step.

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