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How to keep humidity down

ripplyuk · 2016-04-04 19:53:04

I've noticed that the humidity in my house corresponds to the weather outside. On a bright, dry day, it's usually between 35-45%, but on wet days it rises quickly. We've had a few days of rain and today my humidity monitors are showing 55%, but it has went as high as 68% previously after a lengthy spell of wet weather. I'm…

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ispookie666 Posts: 1,194 Forumite

5 April 2016 at 10:08PM

I did have some condensation on windows during the morning and in my downstairs - where my 100G fishtank resides- the sliding doors would have condensation half way up.
I got a Nuair installed and can say - the house feels fresher and the condensations have gone down (very faint trace after sub zero weather).
PIV units should help with control of humidity - but as others have said - it will just reflect the enviromental humidity.

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