For those of you who live in a high humidity enviroment, have any of you installed a whole-house dehumidifier that ties in to your existing forced air system? Or do you know of anyone who has done so? Are you or they satisfied with the results? I have a cheapo thermometer and humidistat that I look at all the time (no comments, plz) and when the interior humidity is 75% or higher it doesn’t matter how cold I make the house, it’s just uncomfortable. It just gets clammy and cold. When for whatever reason the interior humidity drops below 75%, it’s much nicer and at 70% I can run the house 1 degree warmer, yet be more comfortable. I would like to get the interior humidity down below 65% or even to 60% (now that is a high hope!) and be able to run the house even 1 or 2 degrees warmer yet. I found this company http://www.thermastor.com/prod_100v.htm that has the whole house DH’s and I’m thinking hard about pulling the trigger. Any experiences or thoughts would be appreciated.
those who need drier air, please give me your address, I’ll send some air from El Paso, that should work out just fine!
some days, it’s humid though, we hit 30% 
Please send some dry air to the Washington metro area. Please. We live on top of a swamp. It’s worse than Houston! Today wasn’t so humid though. Maybe 85-90%.
Wow! Thanks for all the GREAT help guys! What would I do w/o such quality advise?
No prob. That’s what we’re here for.
you’re welcome…I have 250 walmart plastic bags full of El Paso air…I’ll send them for free…courtesy of TSR
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The main problem you will encounter is finding a way to get rid of the excess water. If you can’t arrange for gravity flow through a pipe, you may have to have some kind of a pump system. You will also have to flush your drain line with Clorox once a year or so to prevent an algae buildup that can clog the pipe and flood the house. You should be able to get any HVAC contractor to install one.