Moisture Control In Sewing Room
 

My husband is giving up one of his storage buildings to give me my own sewing cave. It’s separate from our house with a concrete floor and few windows. We are trying to figure out how to handle moisture control since it won’t have central heat & air. My fear is rust setting in on my machines. We live in the south with lots of rain which leaves us with high humidity.

Suggestions please.

I have used a dehumidifier in homes that had moisture problems. Maybe something like this would do the job.

I was also going to suggest a dehumidifier.

Remember to empty it often - or have it connected to a drain.

Does not do much good when not running.

Also - leave breathing room between and behind your stacks of fabric.

I also suggest a dehumidifier, I run one on every floor during the summer it helps my central air run more efficiently & keeps my home much cooler and makes me far more comfortable. In the winters it’s the opposite, I run small table side humidifiers to keep from drying out, my skin and my sinuses appreciate it!

I live in the Deep South too. I use a dehumidifier that has a pump so that it empties itself. It's wonderful! You do have to have an exit for the water. I have a sink in the room, so mine goes down the drain. Before I got the humidifier, I got a humidity gauge at WM and was astonished at the humidity in the room. I, also, have an air conditioner/heater unit in there that I use when I am sewing or quilting. When I am using those, I turn off the humidifier.

As my sewing room is in the basement of a 1900 house its not insulated as the newer home are. I keep one of those gadgets that gives you the temp and humidity near my machines so I know. It gets pretty dry in the winter time so I fill a washtub with super hot water to put moisture into the air so I don't get zapped plus I have rubber mats along my quilt machine. For summer time I keep a floor fan running most the time and have my dehumidifier running at 50% humidity. So far so good and I've been down here for the past 10 yrs now.

Walmart sells a moisture absorbing item that you hang and it collects moisture in an attached bag-dispose when full. I placed one in the a/c return area because of condensation accumulation.

If you're in the South won't you need some AC in that room? I'm in Ohio and I would die w/o it.
Also the dehumidifier sounds good.