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Dehumidifier.. is one needed?

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I'm. Soon to be moving into a ground floor flat. The bathroom and kitchen have no windows. In bedroom 2 there is a boiler underneath the window, which probably means I won't be able to open it.

So , not sure if a dehumidifier is needed?

Thanks :)
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  • I_have_spoken
    I_have_spoken Posts: 5,051 Forumite
    No, you'll be fine.
  • firefox1956
    firefox1956 Posts: 1,548 Forumite
    edited 29 April 2017 at 1:17PM
    You would be better spending your money on a Carbon Monoxide detector by the sound of it.
    If there is one in the flat check that it works
  • Thanks folks. :)
    Yeah, i have a co2 detector which is working for now.
  • Alter_ego
    Alter_ego Posts: 3,842 Forumite
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    Thanks folks. :)
    Yeah, i have a co2 detector which is working for now.

    What is a co2 detector? You really need an extractor fan in bathroom.
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  • If you've got a CO2 detector you'll be setting it off every time you breath out near it.
  • Alter_ego wrote: »
    What is a co2 detector? You really need an extractor fan in bathroom.

    Co2. Detector is a smallish unit like a remote control. Needed because
    I have a gas boiler in the spare bedroom under the window.

    I have extractor fan in bathroom and kitchen .

    Thanks :)
  • ColinFishwick
    ColinFishwick Posts: 1,391 Forumite
    edited 29 April 2017 at 1:12PM
    You can always get a small humidity meter to measure humidity in your flat there fairly cheap to buy something like the HTC-1 should do, humidity should be around 50-65%, obviously showering and cooking may raise it a little for a while. I have two dehumidifiers at home one in cold porch to prevent windows steaming up, and one upstairs. The one upstairs I run now and then when I check humidity levels
  • FreeBear
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    Yeah, i have a co2 detector which is working for now.

    You need a Carbon Monoxide (that is CO) alarm.

    CO2 is Carbon Dioxide - A different gas and no where near as dangerous as Carbon Monoxide.
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  • FreeBear wrote: »
    You need a Carbon Monoxide (that is CO) alarm.

    CO2 is Carbon Dioxide - A different gas and no where near as dangerous as Carbon Monoxide.

    Thanks freebear. I'll have to check :)
    Can't believe there were 3 kids in bunk beds in that room :eek:
  • Kernel_Sanders
    Kernel_Sanders Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    I've been in a new-build end terrace (1990s) with a windowless bathroom. Of course, there was an extractor fan fitted. But what sort of a dwelling doesn't have kitchen windows either, if not a basement flat? I'm thinking this conversion was done without informing the LA.
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