Condensation in corners of bedroom

_Sam_

diego_94 said:

Thinking of a dehumidifier 

Don't think - get 

To save heat, we don't open windows to ventilate (except bathroom after use). Don't even open windows while cooking. The back door frequently opens/closes due to the dogs, but that's about it. 

Dehumidifier takes care of the rest. When we first bought it, it kept drawing litres and litres of water because everything gets saturated with moisture, walls, ceilings included! Now its "workload" is much much less, the humidity in the house would be 50-55% when I turn it on and in a couple of hours it would bring the moisture down to 40%. Dryer air is healthier, makes you feel warmer, and there is an extra positive - as a by-product of reducing humidity dehumidifier also produces heat so it warms up the house a little..

Not saying it is necessarily a better approach compared to having windows open all day and night, but to me personally it is a much more "comfortable" approach. Outside air humidity is regularly in the 80-90%, letting all that moisture in by opening windows then having no heating and on top the humid air makes you feel even colder that you should... !

Just don't like the idea of freezing my *** off all of the time (or head - those with electric blankets I wonder what happens to the head, and nose and ears, don't they get frozen solid overnight with no heating and windows open?)  

ThisIsWeird

_Sam_ said:

diego_94 said:

Thinking of a dehumidifier 

Don't think - get 

To save heat, we don't open windows to ventilate (except bathroom after use). Don't even open windows while cooking. The back door frequently opens/closes due to the dogs, but that's about it. 

Dehumidifier takes care of the rest. When we first bought it, it kept drawing litres and litres of water because everything gets saturated with moisture, walls, ceilings included! Now its "workload" is much much less, the humidity in the house would be 50-55% when I turn it on and in a couple of hours it would bring the moisture down to 40%. Dryer air is healthier, makes you feel warmer, and there is an extra positive - as a by-product of reducing humidity dehumidifier also produces heat so it warms up the house a little..

Not saying it is necessarily a better approach compared to having windows open all day and night, but to me personally it is a much more "comfortable" approach. Outside air humidity is regularly in the 80-90%, letting all that moisture in by opening windows then having no heating and on top the humid air makes you feel even colder that you should... !

Just don't like the idea of freezing my *** off all of the time (or head - those with electric blankets I wonder what happens to the head, and nose and ears, don't they get frozen solid overnight with no heating and windows open?)  

Have to say, it's the leccy running costs that would give me pause over using a dehumidifier, but I actually know little about them, and have no practical experience in their use. They could well make sense - and your findings sound pretty convincing. And, as you say, any leccy consumed will end up as presumably - useful heat.

_Sam_

ThisIsWeird said:

 Have to say, it's the leccy running costs that would give me pause over using a dehumidifier, but I actually know little about them, and have no practical experience in their use. They could well make sense - and your findings sound pretty convincing. And, as you say, any leccy consumed will end up as presumably - useful heat.

That's how I think too, dehumidifier uses some electricity but it seems this is money well spent.

Money saving was the reason we got dehumidifier in the first place so that we can spend less on heating the house. Closed windows keeping the heat in, dryer air allowing us to set lower temperature in the house and still feel comfortable, dehumidifier itself producing some heat - how does this compare to open windows, having to heat the house to compensate, but minus the leccy spent on dehumidifier? I'm terrible at math and wouldn't know where to begin, but intuitively it seems to me the dehumidifier approach is less costly though I could be wrong as it's only a guess.

_Sam_

There is also something inherently satisfying when you empty the tank and litres of water go down the drain and you appreciate this water is no longer in the house!

Emmia

A dehumidifier would also work on damp / condensation, which could turn to mould affecting your health.

ThisIsWeird

Dehumids sound like a 'solution' for condensation issues in living areas, but could you use them in a bedroom without disturbing sleep?

_Sam_

ThisIsWeird said:

Dehumids sound like a 'solution' for condensation issues in living areas, but could you use them in a bedroom without disturbing sleep?

It would be very personal. We don't mind it at all, and I wouldn't call it quiet. But I can fall asleep with TV on etc and not notice.

We have an air purifier by Fellowes, it is meant for people with allergies to run at night in the bedroom, now that is properly silent. Dehumidifier is definitely not.

Emmia

ThisIsWeird said:

Dehumids sound like a 'solution' for condensation issues in living areas, but could you use them in a bedroom without disturbing sleep?

You could run it when you're not in the room in the day and turn it off at night - putting it back on when you wake up to clear the overnight humidity.

We have a 20L Meaco and I don't find it noisy, but it is very effective 

FreeBear

ThisIsWeird said:

Dehumids sound like a 'solution' for condensation issues in living areas, but could you use them in a bedroom without disturbing sleep?

Some of the small ones that use a peltier module are very quiet, and all you hear is the fan.

_Sam_

Ours too is just the noise of the fan, the air being pushed through, (i.e. there is no engine or motor noise like a generator for example). It's just that you can hear the fan noise and for some people this can be annoying. 

To me I just think great, it's doing its job! We would also have it on max 3 fan setting which is the loudest, but doesn't bother us even in the bedroom at night.