Dehumidifier, to buy or not to buy?

[dublinbluenose]

Is this the only time that a bag of rice or sawdust might actually be useful?

I'll go for the hatrick - how much for the pair?

 

[COYBL25]

Hopefully I only need it to dry out some walls after the leak which has now been sorted. We were getting some mould on the walls over the winter and I have been redecorating, the paint started to bubble on one of the walls,

The mould will be from condensation, we get it too - warm surface air, landing on the cold walls.

As you know, it can be hard to shift, but there`s some super powered mold cleaners on the market.

If it`s an old house, it`s an going battle with stuff like this !

 

[Caolam]

The mould will be from condensation, we get it too - warm surface air, landing on the cold walls.

As you know, it can be hard to shift, but there`s some super powered mold cleaners on the market.

If it`s an old house, it`s an going battle with stuff like this !

The house is 20 years old. I think there was an excessive amount of moisture in the air due to the floors being wet from the leak. The dehu has already taken a lot of moisture out of the room it is working in. Our son and his girlfriend lived in that room, they only came out to eat. They would never have the towels in the wash after showering so there could have been 4/5 wet towels over the radiator at any given time. We are getting a new kitchen put in next month which means the floor has to come up and be re-levelled so hopefully that will take out that area of damp. We also had new uPVC doors, windows, fascia, barge boards and soffit put in. We are future proofing the house as I am getting to an age where I am thinking about retirement.
I’m hopeful that once we get the moisture out of the place things will be fine.

 

[degsy]

Much cheaper to open a few windows and let the air in.

Sometimes its the actual air thats the problem.
I lived in Auckland for years and it can more or less rain from May until Nov...and if it isnt raining, its been raining and the air is saturated, or its going to rain and the air is saturated.
This damp seeps into everywhere, your furniture, curtains, beds, carpets, you leave shoes, clothes in a cupboard for a month and they come out green with mould.
Opening the window is not a long term option.
We had the De-humidifier going full time in the bedroom.

 

[Baines' left foot]

If it's for short tem then rent a good one from a tool hire shop.

The amount of times we've had a major leak in an apartment and had to wheel these things out is mind blowing. Took a few disasters before the money men decided we should have some on site ready.

 

[Baines' left foot]

If the leak was a bad one then hire an industrial one over a weekend and make sure the rooms where it's to be used are sealed and as air tight as possible then leave it to do it's thing. Empty bucket when required.

No idea if you need one full time but the water extracted with a hired one should give you an idea if you do

Tommy Knows.

 

[Daz1878]

Our house is quite old and has some condensation problems, especially on the north-facing walls. I bought a couple of dehumidifiers a few years back, so we have one upstairs and downstairs. They were ~£100 each, if I remember rightly, from Screwfix or Toolstation. They do a decent job, but as mentioned a few times in this thread, open windows are a better option if possible.