Dehumidifier - anyone have experience

Our kitchen, utility and toilet really struggle from humidity. It is an old extension, single brick walls, and rather cold etc.

We cant keep salt or a salt grinder in the kitchen as it absorbs the moisture, gravy graduals also. I discovered a "Coffee mate" power the other day, rock solid due to moisture. The little toilet is the worst where we get mould patches and water running down the walls due to condensation.
 
We've got an older model of this one:

http://www.dry-it-out.com/rd12d-12l-per-day-digital-control-dehumidfier

Probably 4 or 5 years old and still going strong. Purchased for our old house as the bathroom was downstairs, so we couldn't leave the window open when going to work to get rid of the pre-work shower condensation.

Still use outside the bathroom a few times a week and also when drying washing inside.
 
Standard compressor one is good - we use ours to dry a room of washing (using a spare room).

I had one of those rotating disk ones that absorb the moisture (no compressor). It worked but died after about a year or so - the inside disk was scorched!
 
I've just ordered an EcoAir DD122FW-MK5 to try.

I've been having a few ENT issues and think it's something to do with my flat being a bit damp. I've also had slight issues with mould.

Hope it works.
 
frankel1414 said:
I've just ordered an EcoAir DD122FW-MK5 to try.

I've been having a few ENT issues and think it's something to do with my flat being a bit damp. I've also had slight issues with mould.

Hope it works.
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Interested to know how this performs as I've looked at this same model. Let us know how it goes.
 
out of curioisity are there such things as humidifier/dehumidifier combos?

ie just for maintaining a constant humidity?
 
this thread could help me perhaps.

We live in a new ish 3 bed semi, double glazed and gch throughout.

In the winter time we get in the morning, water droplets on the inside windows and the edges of the windows are going a bit black and mouldy from damp.

Whats our best course of action, in the mornings we usually open the windows a bit and within 5-6 hours the water droplets have gone, but the mould / black is still there of course.


Bought some of those cheap dehumidifier pots from uk discount and there not working or collecting water yet (2 weeks)
 
Magic_x_uk said:
this thread could help me perhaps.

We live in a new ish 3 bed semi, double glazed and gch throughout.

In the winter time we get in the morning, water droplets on the inside windows and the edges of the windows are going a bit black and mouldy from damp.

Whats our best course of action, in the mornings we usually open the windows a bit and within 5-6 hours the water droplets have gone, but the mould / black is still there of course.


Bought some of those cheap dehumidifier pots from uk discount and there not working or collecting water yet (2 weeks)
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You might be better off with a Karcker (or similar) window vac and just clear all the condensation of the windows first thing in the morning. Hopefully should stop the black/mould from growing
 
frankel1414 said:
I've just ordered an EcoAir DD122FW-MK5 to try.

I've been having a few ENT issues and think it's something to do with my flat being a bit damp. I've also had slight issues with mould.

Hope it works.
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Bought one of these to help dry out our new house. It's been excellent. Really would recommend it.
 
platypus said:
Bought one of these to help dry out our new house. It's been excellent. Really would recommend it.
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It's gathered around 6l of water in the last 24 hours for me. I'm shocked.

I also had itchy ears/nose and a kind of tickling in my throat. They have now gone. I'm also breathing easier and I seem to be getting my sense of smell back!

Are you supposed to use it every day?
 
frankel1414 said:
It's gathered around 6l of water in the last 24 hours for me. I'm shocked.

I also had itchy ears/nose and a kind of tickling in my throat. They have now gone. I'm also breathing easier and I seem to be getting my sense of smell back!

Are you supposed to use it every day?
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Once it gets the house stable you should only need it for a couple of hours a day.
 
Jesus surprised I'm the first to say this.

For those of you with loft space, I.e a house and suffering from damp/humidity problems get a PIV! Dehumidifiers are a thing of the past.

A half decent non-heater Nuaire will cost 250-300. Doddle to fit and will transform your home environment. Check out the many reviews.
 
fonzee said:
Jesus surprised I'm the first to say this.

For those of you with loft space, I.e a house and suffering from damp/humidity problems get a PIV! Dehumidifiers are a thing of the past.

A half decent non-heater Nuaire will cost 250-300. Doddle to fit and will transform your home environment. Check out the many reviews.
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my friend was raving about them, bit of an overkill for me as i only use my dehumidifier to dry washing :)
 
fonzee said:
Jesus surprised I'm the first to say this.

For those of you with loft space, I.e a house and suffering from damp/humidity problems get a PIV! Dehumidifiers are a thing of the past.

A half decent non-heater Nuaire will cost 250-300. Doddle to fit and will transform your home environment. Check out the many reviews.
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Why would I want to push the hot air out of the house and replace it with cold air.
Dehumidifiers are hardly a thing of the past, PIV isn't a suit all thing.

If I was going to the trouble of ventilating the house if would be MVHR.
 
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robj20 said:
Why would I want to push the hot air out of the house and replace it with cold air.
Dehumidifiers are hardly a thing of the past, PIV isn't a suit all thing.

If I was going to the trouble of ventilating the house if would be MVHR.
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Note I said non-heated. i.e. there is a heated version too. Obviously depends entirely on your loft environment and ventilation/insulation setup.

I'd rather have fresh warm air into the house rather than static and humid.

MVHR is obviously the ideal solution yes but that's another league of costs altogether.
 
fonzee said:
Jesus surprised I'm the first to say this.

For those of you with loft space, I.e a house and suffering from damp/humidity problems get a PIV! Dehumidifiers are a thing of the past.

A half decent non-heater Nuaire will cost 250-300. Doddle to fit and will transform your home environment. Check out the many reviews.
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We got the dehumidifier as an emergency stop gap to fitting a Nuaire. We've moved into a house that was absolutely sodden. In a week, two dehumidifiers and some ventilation have completely dried it out. I realise I'm going to wince when I see the electricity bill, but as we can't get into the loft yet it'll be a while before we do fir the Nuaire :p.

Out of interest, which model would you recommend? It seems that if you think you'll need the heater, its best to buy it integrated and then not use it as it works out cheaper.
 
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fonzee said:
Jesus surprised I'm the first to say this.

For those of you with loft space, I.e a house and suffering from damp/humidity problems get a PIV! Dehumidifiers are a thing of the past.

A half decent non-heater Nuaire will cost 250-300. Doddle to fit and will transform your home environment. Check out the many reviews.
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I'm investigating.

For me, its the extension which is worst, but it is a fair way from where a PIV could be installed in the loft. Is such a thing still going to be effective for a cold damp extension?
 
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