The ac dehumidifies as it runs which brings down humidity levels, with more moderate temps it runs less and home humidity rises. Couple things you can do:
Hard to drop it lower than 68-69 at this point but yeah that noticably does help decrease humidity.
Nest is garbo. home owners love them, hvac guys hate them. newer generation nest is much better than the first.
Suggestion for nest replacement? I really just like being able to control from phone.
Lot of people like ecobee, similar to nest. wont control the variable speed blower like a proprietary stat would though.
All thermostats have an on, off, auto mode. You should have it on the On setting at all times. It circulates your air, evens out the temperature through your house, even when your ac or furnace are not running. I haven’t turned my hvac blower off in 15 years. Step 1. Turn it on and leave it on.
Not variable speed, use whichever thermostat you want. Add ducted dehum.
While this is correct it will also add humidity back into the air. Any moisture left on the coil will evaporate back into the air stream, raising overall levels in the house.
My garage was the same way. Shit on the walls everywhere. Different types of screws and bolts too. Took me a long time to pull all that shit down.
What did you use for the insulation? Most insulated jobs I’ve seen look like shit so I’ve never done it. That doesn’t look bad though.
it was 4 rolls (1 per panel) of r8
I like how a one pack is $118 while a four pack is $832. Great bulk pricing there Amazon.it was 4 rolls (1 per panel) of r8
this looked like the cleanest install, cuz usually they sell the ones where you gotta cut it to fit in each window thing
it's not bad, the double sided tape is practically no useful cuz i just used the hinges themselves as big washers to hold it in place.
there was a bit more material so i let it over lap each panel, so far it "doesn't" seem to hinder the doors, but if it does it's just a simple run a knife along the edge and it easily falls off (i'll probably do that anyway, i don't like the overlap much)
I bought 4x8 sheets of 1 inch rigid foam with a foil backing and cut them, with a circular saw, to fit in the spaces in my garage door. I left it out of areas where the door moves on it's hinges. I attached them to the door with six dabs of Liquid Nails per panel. They've been on there for 5 years to far. I had to replace one because I damaged it with a ladder and that was easy.
Cutting with a circular saw against a guide gives you super smooth edges that don't crumble but do it outside with the garage doors shut and wear a mask. It creates a ton of fine dust. Like Lanx said, it makes a huge difference. I move plants into the garage over winter and stays warm enough in there where before it didn't.
If you were installing this stuff as roof insulation under shingles, you would install it foil side down towards the house. Also, if you want the room to be warmer you would install it foil side in so as to reflect heat back in. I think in this application it could have gone either way, but taking those two points and the fact that the other side of this stuff is hideous, I installed it foil in.