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OK, so, my place is starting to develop a slight damp problem. It's definitely down to condensation. Would anyone know if using a dehumidifier would help with this? I could clear that damp marks from the corners of the walls affected, but I don't know if it would just come back... I've heard good things about dehumidifiers...

Yeah they draw moisture out of the air well. I have a delonghi one but it doesn't get used a lot nowadays.
Tackling the cause is advisable as good ventilation, steady temperature etc will help more.

Great, thanks.

In a word, yes, it will help immensely. It will also make your house easier to heat (as less water in the air means it takes less energy to heat the air). It's also brilliant for drying clothes indoors - just stick the clothes in a room with the dehumidifier on and close the door.

A very useful appliance to have and most are portable enough that you can move them around the house as required. The one we have is
http://www.johnlewis.com/meaco-10l-dehumidifier/p231741493

Would recommend it without hesitation.

Well there's a coincidence! I had just finished looking online for a dehumifier, clicked to TEF and there's a thread on dehumidifiers! I need to get one to dry out after a flood which we had from a split mains water pipe underfloor. Insurance company have said I can buy one through insurance for £100, but it looks like you need to spend a bit more than that for a decent one

Wow, they seem to have several uses... I think that's my decision made then! Thanks for your input!

Great minds..

Looks like that is the one I need then

Open a window

Is your name Karl Pilkington?

Who'd have thought so many TEF folk would have moisture related problems. Quite reassuring as I was also going to get one in the sales. Anyone seen any bargains?

Thinking about getting one of these myself for my place. Keep getting condensation on the windows. They are quite expensive for what they are though. Are they really worth the price tag?

This is the one I have http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/0523068.htm
I'd also strongly advise against drying washing in a house with damp issues. You're looking to take moisture away, not add more and then let the dehumidifier do its job which would leave you at square one.
 Opening Windows when cooking- bathing etc helps but don't leave open too long after as you just create more cold surfaces for warm air to hit and create more water.


Constant temperature is key and let the dehumidifier regulate the air. Have it on full whack for a few days then turn it down and leave it around half way until March.

For window sills get some kontrol crystal dehumidifiers. Ebay and Amazon do them.
Just empty the water and top up the crystals every few weeks.
Wipe your Windows every morning too

Who knew arriba was the oracle when it comes to moisture issues?

He hates moistness.

Ha. Just sharing my own personal resolutions to the issue. Worked for me.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000179DE6/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/278-7073387-2368319
Is our one. Certainly seems to do the job and turns off when moisture levels drop.

I use the same as A Gent Orange, is very good, and the house I'm in is very prone to condensation.

The auto setting means it won't unnecessarily eat your electric either

I keep reading the heading of this thread as 'Dumb midfielders' and think that Louis Thompson and Ben Gladwin have been out on the piss or something  :doh:

I'm glad this thread has popped up!

Me and my girlfriend have recently purchased a house in Stratton, Cirencester. The heating consists of 3 storage heaters, two down and one up on the landing. None in either bedroom.

In the main bedroom, we've been getting really bad condensation. It started out in the top corner of the wall and the paint ran slightly. Being new to all of this, we didn't think much of it until a few days later after sleeping in the room with the door closed and window shut, the condensation was around 3 of the walls (outside walls) + ceiling and gradually getting worse. So far it's ran down the wall around 1 metre and has left water stains in the paint.

I went up the loft and couldn't find any damp from rain, which was my first thought. I researched on the internet and bought a dehumidifier which clears it all up.

The only problem I have now, how can I prevent this from keep happening?

Has anyone experienced this before?

We're getting central heating installed in March/April when we have the money as the storage heaters are expensive and to put it blunt - SHIT!

If anyone could shed any light, it would be appreciated!

Thanks.

My issue was similar but less severe(bedroom above cold garage)It was one outer side wall in my case and also collecting on the window.
 
Turning heating on and off along with your breathing creates temperature changes which causes the problem. Warm moist air hitting cold surfaces ie walls and Windows. Keeping a room at as consistent a temperature possible -warmish is better than going warm-cold-warm.
Regulating the house temperature along with the dehumidifier should work. Have the dehumidifier on the landing and keep doors open at night. During the day I'd place it in the bedroom itself, again with the door open. Getting central heating will help with the temperature regulation.
 Don't put wardrobes against the walls effected as your clothes can become damp. Insulation in the loft and walls can help but that itself can make your loft have condensation(mine did) You'd have to make your loft a cold space and ventilate that from your roof.

Thanks arriba - that information helps a lot!

With no heating at all upstairs, it's bloody freezing! Fingers crossed the constant heat from central heating should help it!

The joys of being a homeowner!!

My dehumidifier hardly comes on now and needs emptying once a week. At the start of the problem it was being emptied every other day and going almost all the time.
Putting the issues right that cause a dehumidifier to be needed is always better than havingg to remove the moisture created.

Wow, this has has taught me that I should run the dehumidifier all the time and not just when we have wet windows and cold days I will go home tonight put it on high for a few days then turn off at night then put on everyday low after that except on warmer days, our ceiling above the window is going black, we have issues that we have no window in our bathroom so that does not help.

I have just also bought one of the karcher window vacs for the wet windows to save towel drying them on a regular basis.

We have issues in our attic with water running down the flue from the roof and the felt seems to have shrunk in a patch and coming loose in another, waiting for a roofing company to come and give me a quote and see if I can get the insurance to pay for the work - fingers crossed they will pay.

Don't turn it off or you're just starting again when you turn it back on. Just turn it down accordingly after a couple of days. Some houses may need it on constant for a while though if drawing a lot of water.
Let it switch itself on and off as necessary once it has stabilised. Every home is different so adjust as needed.

I'm imagining some of you have waterfalls or rainforests in your houses.

Is the water running down the boiler flue or the bathroom extractor flue? If the latter, I'd check the seal on the flue above the bathroom ceiling. Your issue might be vapour coming up from the bathroom rather than down from the roof. That caused condensation in my loft in my old place.

What the fuck has happened to this forum

Life, Dean. Life happened.

We're all 10 years older, a bit less reckless and a lot more sensible boring.

I actually find this stuff helpful. I've just decorated my conservatory, putting in a gas fire and was getting condensation on one wall. Turns out in my eagerness to stop heat loss and spiders I'd affected the air flow - a few little vents solved it immediately.

We have special vented tiles on our roof which seem to stop any condensation in the loft - just a thought for those suffering

Funnily enough, we have Storage Heaters too!!...

We mentioned it to my other halfs parents and they turned up today with a dehumidifier! It was on 6 hours earlier and was 1/4 full! Mental..

Haha... I can't wait to get gas central heating fitted. Hopefully going to have it all sorted in the next few months and next winter should be better in terms of condensation.

Storage look hideous.

We got a £100 homebase dehumidifier and it's good. Not sure what any other brands are like? There are some really expensive units!!

Sorry just seen this, no it is coming in from the roof run down the flu (I've seen it) into the attic and drops of at the elbow (into a crate I now have there)

Just had a company round to give me a quote to repair, fee llike they have taken the piss out of me, guy turns up with no ladders (they are supposed to be a roofing company) asks to borrow mine to look in the attic, quickly looks then says ok I'll get a quote to repair and as the felt has dropped a bit I'll quote to either do a quick fix or a full repair.

Got a quote today for £400+ and says they cannot touch the felt as neighbours roof is directly above - I'm not asking for tiles to be removed just proped back up so when we move in a few years they dont say the roof needs removing to re-felted etc

Just bought one of these for my new gaff. It's not damp, but drying clothes indoors with a dehumidifier in the room takes less than half the time and is significantly cheaper than a tumbledrier.
(This  place is getting more like mumsnet every day).

Just need abbreviations like OH, DH etc.
Dehumidifiers are worth the money if you have a damp problem. Make the room feel cosier too.

Had a meal in banquet Buffett this afternoon. Now there is a place in need of a dehumidifier and ventilation. Condensation and mould galore

Back to this subject...

We've had ours around 3 weeks and we've only just stopped emptying 2 litres of water per day out of it!!

Some silly cunt had covered up the soffits so the moisture had nowhere to go!...

And no, it wasn't me.

We've had ours 3 weeks, and we're emptying 4 litres a day! I'm beginning to wonder if we're living under a stream, as we're near to Queens Park. It's really quite disconcerting.

Fuck me, I thought we had it bad!

Food any good?

It's fairly normal to get loads of water for the first few weeks. When the house dries out a bit it should settle down. I only use it in the winter and change or clean the filter every year.

for the money it's good. Cheap and cheerful. They are having some serious issues with their walls-windows and ceilings though and it isn't nice to see when you're eating.

Inspired by this thread and my minor, but annoying, damp problem, I've just stumped up for a dehumidifier. Thanks fuckers.  :harshfunny:

New boxers would have just solved that minor damp problem.

I'd never even heard of a dehumidifier until this thread....isn't living on a damp norvern island, what makes us British?

Four pages on this now ffs.  :crash:

Anyone got a humidifier?   :sherlock:

I sometimes create unwanted moisture just so it can be collected into a little tray in front of my eyes.

Are you American 4D?  What with it being Groundhog Day.

I have access to a cigar humidor- containing a humidifier.