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AIBU?

To spend £100 on a dehumidifier

62 replies

Pinkpowerofthought · 29/10/2017 12:42

We just bought a house that needs a bit of work. The windows aren't great to be honest but we can't afford to get them done until after everything else is done.

When we get up in the morning our bedroom windows are soaking. I mean soaking! I don't want to cause mould. We open the windows but they are that wet it takes ages for them to dry and we have to wipe down with kitchen roll and towels.

We have a tumble dryer we use rather than hanging clothes up too.
I was thinking of getting a decent dehumidifier to combat the problem but not sure if they are worth the money.
Opinions?

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52FestiveRoad · 29/10/2017 21:47

Oh no, what are we doing wrong? We have the dehumidifier running all day (turn it off at night as noisy) but there is still condensation on the windows in the morning. I have a Karcher vac and use it on the condensation every morning but still we have some mould on the walls. Is our house built over a swamp or something? IMO it has got worse as we got new double glazing.

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casualobserver · 29/10/2017 21:56

Definitely get a dehumidifier and a karcher window vac. Both are worth their weight in gold in our house. We also vac the bathroom tiles, window and bath after showers which makes a huge difference to moisture levels in the house.

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SemperTemper · 29/10/2017 22:07

Ooh! I started a thread in dehumidifiers yesterday and, based on the results, ordered an Ecoair one today. It seems that it will solve our window condensation problem, dry our clothes faster, improve the air quality inside and generally make our lives amazing.

Appliances Direct seem to have the best prices for many of the brands.

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DancingLedge · 29/10/2017 22:30

52Festive what kind of dehumidifier?
How old?

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FlouncyDoves · 29/10/2017 22:38

Posted this on the other thread about dehumidifiers...

I bought this one [https://www.screwfix.com/p/wdh-316db-16ltr-dehumidifier/1379g] yesterday from Screwfix. Not a brand, but has excellent reviews and recommended by a friend. It seems very reasonably priced at £125 when compared to some of the branded ones.

Already it’s taken upwards of 5 litres out of the house and we’ve been moving it around from room to room to help with some damp patches (seaside home) and condensation.

We still need to solve the damp at its root, but in the meantime this will help keep the problem at bay. The patches in one bedroom have already disappeared.

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52FestiveRoad · 30/10/2017 07:14

Dancing I can't see the manufacturer of the de-humidifier, but it is currently on and I don't want to turn it round to check the back (it is quite heavy) but it says DEC 180 as the model . It is probably about 10 years old. Pulls out a pretty impressive amount of water, but maybe due to its age it is not working as it should? I don't know what the life span of these things are!

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DancingLedge · 30/10/2017 12:55

Ok I think that's a Delonghi.
It's got a washable filter. (never come across that before)Do you wash it? Cause filters getting clogged up can reduce efficiency.
More to say, back later

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drspouse · 30/10/2017 12:57

We have one for the washing in the basement. DH wants a window vac... Should I listen to him? Or another dehumidifier for the bedroom?

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mirime · 30/10/2017 14:08

@52FestiveRoad what kind of windows did you have before and how old is your house? Double glazing in old houses is terrible for condensation. That was one of our problems. As was our bathroom having no extractor fan so we had to leave the window open all year, it was amazing having a warm bathroom - and having socks take less than a week to dry!.

Also dehumidifiers work best if your house is slightly warm - warm air can hold more moisture.

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RobberOfCatan · 30/10/2017 14:11

Yanbu. We've just had to do the same as our entire upstairs is sopping every morning. We have started to get mould too so dehumidifier it is as until now we've just been keeping windows open which has mostly cleared it but it's getting cold now!

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52FestiveRoad · 30/10/2017 15:11

Hi Mirime, thanks you are right it is a DeLonghi, I remembered as soon as I read it. Our house is 1930's, so would not have originally had double glazing. The room that is worst affected has two outside walls, and it never seems to get warm in the corner of these walls, except if we run an electric heater all night but a) the cost b) my DD sleeps in there and often gets too hot in the night with the heater on. So currently we are running the dehumidifier, using the Karcher vac on the windows and dealing with the mould on the walls as and when it appears. I would love to be free of doing that though, to find a system that actually works to keep it at bay. We have washed the filter recently, yes.

Sorry to de-rail the thread OP, most people on the thread seem to have a good experience with de-humidifiers so please don't be put off by my experience!

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Madcats · 30/10/2017 15:30

We have an Ebac. We must have had it for about 15 years, possibly longer, because I don't remember spending hours online researching!

Most of the time I just switch it on if I have several loads of clothes drying indoors (we have quite a draughty house). I needed to switch it on this morning, though, and I quite expect it to have removed about a 1/2 litre of water from the air.

OP in some of our rooms we have put up fairly cheap secondary perspex glazing (which attaches to the windows with magnetic strips). Those windows are rarely troubled by condensation (and it keeps the draughts out). Double glazing is tricky and eye-wateringly expensive for our listed building.