what is the point of a dehumidifyer

[MrsLargeEmbodied]

does it warm the house?
or just take the damp out of the air when you are drying clothes?

do you have one

As it's called a dehumidfier , well strangely enough it de humidifies the air

IE gets rid of excess moisture , I've go one and it's the bollocks .

My mil has terrible arthritis - when the air is damp she uses hers and it really helps.

You don't have to have the heating on as high (which costs more) and if you shut your washing in a room with it they dry in about 5 hours. Cheaper than using a tumble dryer.

Prevents mould and damp by making house drier through removing moisture.

I dry my washing overnight with the dehumidifier on and the door shut. Humidity is often at 48* in the morning meaning the room is comfortable for the morning and as long as we keep the door shut it means we don’t need to light the log burner until later in the day.

We've had a couple for several years now. They keep our old condensation prone house dry and free of mould while drying the washing at the same time. And, yes, they do emit warm air. Not enough to heat the house on it's own but the room it's running in is usually noticeably warm.

Ours are on all the time but they are adjustable so you can set how sensitive you want them to be to humidity. Our seem to just come on when the washing's out or if someone has had a shower.

It reduces (not completely eliminates) the need for heating because it removes moisture and so the dry air warms quicker. So it does make your house warmer. Mine has slightly warm air coming from it.
If your house isn't huge and you leave the doors open, it is possible to remove pretty much all the condensation and therefore mould

I never use one and there is no mould in our home. I dry clothes on radiators no prob.

I bought one cos I got fed up waiting 2 days for clothes to dry indoors with just the heating on. Not to mention running risk of damp and mould.

I have a meaco which has laundry setting, so I turn it on shut the door and it does dry my clothes within 4hrs with some heating on. It does give out warm air so the room does get warmer but bot enough to be aa good as central heating.

Could not live without it now for getting clothes dried during winter months.

There've been so many posts about dehumidifiers on here lately that I'm convinced that it's Mumsnet stealth advertising! 😂Personally, we just open the windows every morning, and that works fine (unless it's raining, of course). We don't have the heating on yet (south-east), and don't have any damp in our house - although it's 1950s, and perhaps if it was older, we would have.

I've been using a Meaco 12litre for about a week; never had one before, and I think it's made of magic witchcraft.
Our north facing sitting room was the coldest room in the entire world, requiring regular window vacuuming and spraying of walls with bleachy.stuff to remove mould behind sofas and the TV.
Now, the whole house seems warmer, retains heat for longer, and not a drop on condensation anywhere.
We run it for 5 hours overnight downstairs with all internal doors open, and one hour in the bathroom in the morning after showers.
Lord Sandwich eat your heart out.

I want the Meaco 12l arete, can't get one for love nor money. The only place that has stock is Ireland and they won't deliver to England. Have asked to be notified when stock becomes available but unlikely for 5 weeks apparently.

@Logoplanter which do you have please?

Sucks moisture out of the air and keeps mould from getting a foothold.

If you dry clothes indoors they're very handy as they absorb the moisture from the clothes once it gets vaporised.

@Bronzeisthecolour it's the Meaco 20 litre low energy one. It was £249 from Amazon but is out of stock at the moment. It's 255 watts. I'd recommend it if you can get hold of it

I’ve done a test with mine tonight.

The spare room has been decorated and we are waiting for the plumber to reconnect the radiator so currently has no heating. It was 9.8 degrees and 88% residual humidity at 5:30pm. (The humidity was in the 70%s in there after painting but goes up when it rains outside)

i ran the dehumidifier for two hours and it’s now 13 degrees and 55% residual humidity. So it’s heated the room up quite a bit (it’s a small room, around 8 metres square) So it’s made a big difference to the room warmth as well as humidity