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Dehumidifier
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darrensurrey wrote: »Is it wise to run a dehumidifier in a kitchen or bathroom? Won't you end up drying out the traps? Opening a window might be the best option if it's particularly bad.
Without cross ventilation, opening a window does nothing sometime;
I run a dehumidifier in the bathroom and it's just fine, needed actually. I can open a window but there're days when there's no wind, no nothing and without a dehumidifier it'd would stay damp,EU expat working in London0 -
darrensurrey wrote: »Is it wise to run a dehumidifier in a kitchen or bathroom? Won't you end up drying out the traps? Opening a window might be the best option if it's particularly bad.
I put mine in the hallway and open all the doors. Yes, my toilet trap does drop but not enough, and gets replenished a few times a day.
The sink ones I have not noticed, but you could always put a plug in it. Also my thoughts them being a long chamber of stagnant air there is little movement.0 -
Guess you'd need to block the overflow holes as well?0
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