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That $200 dehumidifier that saved my basement after one bad rain

I dropped $200 on a 50-pint dehumidifier after a storm flooded my crawl space last spring, and it pulled out 3 gallons of water the first night alone. Has anyone else had a cheap fix beat a big repair bill like this?
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elizabethhart
...and now I'm that person who actually reads the manual to figure out the "continuous drain" hose, which is honestly my level of excitement these days. My $150 shop vac did the same thing after a pipe burst in my laundry room, saved me from calling a plumber (who probably would have laughed at me). Every time I look at that wet/dry vac, I feel like a real adult, even though it's just sitting in the corner judging my bad decisions.
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maxpalmer
maxpalmer1mo ago
Wait, $150? For a shop vac? I thought those things topped out around sixty bucks... mine was like forty five from Home Depot. Did you get one with like, built in wifi or something?
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