Collectionsetc.com sells some nice humidity fountains..I ordered one from them a few yrs ago..it has cupids all around..Paid 14.00 They also have cute Halloween and Christmas decoratons. Including foutains.. It just so happens I live near their outlet store..you should see the number of ppl that shop there..I'd bet these ppl buy from them, then sell on Ebay..lol..Toni

For the humidity question, I believe humidity should be about 65% and I can get that in my plant room by shutting the door. When you have lots of plants and you have to water them, this makes humidity. I wouldn't worry about humidity too much. I know that people in Arizona which has extremely dry temps and humidity can grow violets very well. I would put newly planted leaves in a plastic bag, but not my plants. You can also spray them as often as you like using HOT water. Hot water becomes very cool to your hand if you spray it and the violets feel the same temperature so begin with HOT water. Nancy

The temperature data I posted above are 97 1/2% design temps taken from the IRC code. Those are the temperatures which are used as inputs in an ACCA manual J calculation of cooling and heating loads. They don't represent the peak temperatures in a locale and we don't design air conditioning systems for peak temperatures. If they were, they'd be even more oversized than they typically are. Charles you speak codes like they are end all be all. I've been doing HVAC for just over 30 years now... in that time use your imagination how many times the codes have changed? Code can vary from one area to another... what is allowed and what isn't. The net effect more often than not are increased prices and or restrictions to building. People complain there is no affordable housing down to -- there is no housing available at all, then scratch their head and wonder why. As we are subject to more severe weather, it may be appropriate to revisit the use of 30-year average temperatures for determining IRC design temperatures. If you'd like to advocate for that, I'm sure the International Code Council would be delighted to hear from you. So Charles this will mean all the dribble you posted is irrelevant? Yeah I'd do it just to spite a builder, my revenge of 30 years correcting fine dining and fine accommodation / contractual obligation type ways. Still no 4 day forecast, no weather balloon emitting correct hourly weather information out of Norfolk, Va. shame, shame, shame. -lol- ------------------- I do have a condensation pump on the drain line and the tip of the drain line appears to be about an inch under water. Dave it won't matter that much in my opinion. Without proper care and maintenance the reservoir of the condensate pump will become a sludge bucket. Due to gravity going into the condensate pump the condensate will find it's way into the reservoir. As long as the pipe feeding the reservoir is above the bottom of it, not much to worry about except for the previously described maintenance above.

It’s part of a condo association. It’s a 4-plex, 3600 sq ft, brick, stone and siding exterior. The builder added insulation when he inspected the frost issue. Here is part of a letter sent by the HOA to me. From the HOA: The workers removed the aluminum panels under the soffit in the two areas in question and inspected the insulation. The builder was present and supervised the workers. I was told by the builder that the insulation in these two areas was up to industry standards, there were no gaps, and there was no moisture present. The builder said he would instruct his workers to add some additional insulation into the areas while it was open and replace the aluminum panels. It is the builder’s opinion that moisture formed on the interior walls because of a combination of extreme cold outside and high humidity on the inside. The HOA Board had received similar complaints from other homeowners during the extreme cold and found that homeowners were able to eliminate the problem of moisture on interior walls and glass in their units by reducing their humidity setting to 20% or less during extreme cold. The Board sent out an email notifying all homeowners 1/19/24. I am trying to find an outside picture. Will post when found.