Dehumidifiers..

[Honkytonk]

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

He hates moistness.

[Arriba]

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

[A Gent Orange]

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.

[PetsWinPrizes]

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

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

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 

[Gethimout]

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.

[Arriba]

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.

[Gethimout]

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!!

[Arriba]

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.

[Power to people]

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.

[Arriba]

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.

[Honkytonk]

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

[Samdy Gray]

...we have issues that we have no window in our bathroom so that does not help.

...We have issues in our attic with water running down the flue from the roof

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.

[DRS]

What the fuck has happened to this forum

[Samdy Gray]

Life, Dean. Life happened.

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