Fighting humidity in the house

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Devany, old fashioned smokey fireplaces near other houses are a no, but with the new designs (EPA driven), there is a Govt tax credit to 1500$ to replace the wasteful electrial means of controlling mildew and heating house. You might want to check with the EPA before knocking a functional form of heating and drying, you are killing our air with smoke from oil burning electric plants.
I would consider an oceanfront house to be the worst form of pollution, to Kapu our rare coastline for oneself should be a crime.

Gordon J Tilley