Preparing for winter III

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23rdspiral wrote: »

CoNfuzzled, can I be cheaky and ask which dehumidifier you went for? It'd be good to have a heads up to help me look. Can I ask anyone else who has one too?

I have the Delonghi DEM10 which it seems is quite a popular one, its really good. Some of the Ebac models seem quite popular too but i think that they`re more expensive.

HTH

SD

23rdspiral

Thanks confuzzled! In a past job I advised museums on which to het, from huge systems to portable small ones for volunteer museums with little money. So I know the science, but knowing me id get too bogged down in it and choose one that's too costly!

Confuzzled

23rdspiral wrote: »

CoNfuzzled, can I be cheaky and ask which dehumidifier you went for? It'd be good to have a heads up to help me look. Can I ask anyone else who has one too?

sure, i went for this dehumidifier i couldn't find an exact match elsewhere, i think swan may be a very brand as some other stuff i've ordered from them has had the same name, however compared to other 10L dehumidifiers this was a decent price and it has good reviews so i went for it.

i had spent more than an hour researching cheaper ones i could afford at this minute and none of them seemed like a truly long term solution or they would be a faff to mess with most had tanks that were too small and would fill up in 3-6 hours, my plan is to run mine overnight on E7 electricity so that was less than ideal then i remembered i still had a lot of credit available to me on very so i had a look and voila!

redlady_1

I generally have my windows upstairs open and dont have central heating (just a burner) but I think my condensation comes from the kitchen being at the bottom of the stairs so all the steam goes up there. Will just have to keep an eye on it me thinks.

After the electric bill last time I had my dehumidifier on (remember that one kittie?!!) I hardly use it now.

Lesley_P.

oldtractor wrote: »

Confession time, today I emptied the bedding box where I keep blankets,sheets etc and hot waterbottles. I have SEVEN hot waterbottles! How did that happen?

Another confession! Having delved into the depths of my airing-cupboard I discovered I also have seven hot water bottles, including two I had forgotten were there! But so what. If we have another winter like the last one you can't have too many hot water bottles.

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redlady_1 wrote: »

After the electric bill last time I had my dehumidifier on (remember that one kittie?!!) I hardly use it now.

oh yes I do, terrible cost to you and added up so quickly

With me it is swings and roundabouts at the moment and I am trying to juggle every which way to get heavy rugs dry. My new washer will be here in a day or two so everything difficult for a machine is going in the old one and it has been on non stop for three days. 2 sheepskin rugs and 7 XL turtle mats plus a few smaller ones. Only the 2 early ones got dry in that fleeting patch of sun

I tried the electric airer and towel warmers and fan heater but I could see elctricity getting gobbled up and I was running out of rooms with humidity vents anyway, so stove is now on and all other electrical heaters off. Rugs are all now in vented areas with radiators. What a faff

redlady_1

I was shocked at how much it cost to run all the time.

I dry my stuff in front of the burner and then with the windows slightly ajar. I have a sheepskin rug that really needs washing but last time I did that it went stiff and I ended up throwing it away. How do you keep it soft please?

I think I will need a new washer/dryer soon as mine is starting to chew some of the woollens up.

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redlady_1 wrote: »

I was shocked at how much it cost to run all the time.

I dry my stuff in front of the burner and then with the windows slightly ajar. I have a sheepskin rug that really needs washing but last time I did that it went stiff and I ended up throwing it away. How do you keep it soft please?

I think I will need a new washer/dryer soon as mine is starting to chew some of the woollens up.

a smidgen of ariel and a 40 cotton wash with a 1200 spin. They came out nice and fliffy. Then dried on an airer away drom direct heat. I think the cotton wash beat them into softness but they have turned out nice. Taking about 3 days to dry properly

CH27

I've restocked the tealights & matches today & put them all in an easily accessible tin incase of power cuts.

greenbee

Just picked up another biobulb on amazon so keep watching....