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Dehumidifier

  • 22-12-2024 11:26AM
    #1
    misc2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭


    We have a 40 square m extension with a aluminium sliding door and corner window for 3 years now but this year the condensation during the winter is brutal. Has been there all along but seems worse this time. Every morning we're wiping around the bottom of theglass as littlepuddles on the wooden floor. Thinking the only option now is a dehumidifier but it's a big room so would like advice on a make and model and preferably not too big as not keen on the aesthetics of it either! Thanks.



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  • #2
    misc2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭misc2013


    Bump



  • #3
    The Ging and I
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭The Ging and I


    A dehumidifier would definitely help. Perhaps rent one first and see how it copes with the size of the room.



  • #4
    pauly58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 312 ✭✭pauly58


    We bought one of these before Christmas found it very good. It's a desiccant , will work at low temps. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D6VSGLVF?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1



  • #5
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Meaco is a recommended brand of dehumidifier.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #6
    misc2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭misc2013


    We got one. It's making a big difference with condensation issue. It also has a function for drying clothes. Does anyone use it for that and how long does it take on a small room? Thinking of trying it out on the utility.



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  • #7
    steamdave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭steamdave


    With the dreary winter weather, we use a Meaco Arete 2 20L dehumidifier to dry clothes. They are on a normal scissors type airer and close to a rad. Room is about 12m2 and to get really dry clothes takes about 6 hours.

    Obviously heavy jumpers, jeans and the like take much longer than light weight underwear, etc.

    It is impressive the amount of water that the machine pulls out of the air during the drying process.

    Dave



  • #8
    misc2013
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 292 ✭✭misc2013


    Maybe my clothes are not spinning enough but some cotton not dry in 6 hours. I had set it for 6 but it lookednearly if not full. I thought in my innocence that I could leave it on overnight and clothes would be dry.



  • #9
    steamdave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭steamdave


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123079084#Comment_123079084

    If the tank was nearly full when you last looked at it, you should have emptied it then. With the clothes being partially dry, the dehumidifier should have finished the job for you overnight.

    Set your dehumidifier to dry the air to the required humidity rather than to the timer function.

    I did say that my clothes airer was put near a radiator and that certainly helps speed up the process.

    Dave



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