I turned my downstairs front room into a bedroom quite some time ago. There was damp in a couple of places and I sanded the affected paintwork down as I was constantly hoovering up flakes of paint.
Haven't had that problem for a while now so am about ready to either redecorate myself or get someone in. I measured the moisture in the affected areas and they were quite high so decided to buy a dehumidifier. Bought this one which turned out to be too small for the area. It only used 40W but was only collecting 200ml of water which initially I was quite impressed with.
I then bought this one which uses substantially more electricity, <>560W but averages 2ltrs of collected water. Been on for 12 hours today and collected 2.2ltrs. Obviously the machine turns on and off many times during this period. I even put some washing on the airer but wasn't overly wet, thermal top and bottom, adidas tracky bottoms, vest and a pair of socks and underwear. That would probably account for the extra 200mls of water.
Thing is why does it never get lower?? I never expected the moisture collected would be zero but I definitely expected it would get significantly lower. My moisture meter is a load of crap probably but registered 33% in the worst affected area which is now reading 21% and was 24% a couple of days ago. I've been running the inferior one for over a week and now been running the super duper for a week.
Anyone know what I should expect?? Am I being too impatient and should I persevere?? Is there a knack to it??
I have definitely noticed an improvement in my quality of sleep however. Trouble is with my fatigue problem it isn't exactly the outcome I was looking for
Smells a little fresher too, I occasionally whiffed a bit of staleness which prompted me to buy one in the first place.
Any thought welcome as always.
Haven't had that problem for a while now so am about ready to either redecorate myself or get someone in. I measured the moisture in the affected areas and they were quite high so decided to buy a dehumidifier. Bought this one which turned out to be too small for the area. It only used 40W but was only collecting 200ml of water which initially I was quite impressed with.
I then bought this one which uses substantially more electricity, <>560W but averages 2ltrs of collected water. Been on for 12 hours today and collected 2.2ltrs. Obviously the machine turns on and off many times during this period. I even put some washing on the airer but wasn't overly wet, thermal top and bottom, adidas tracky bottoms, vest and a pair of socks and underwear. That would probably account for the extra 200mls of water.
Thing is why does it never get lower?? I never expected the moisture collected would be zero but I definitely expected it would get significantly lower. My moisture meter is a load of crap probably but registered 33% in the worst affected area which is now reading 21% and was 24% a couple of days ago. I've been running the inferior one for over a week and now been running the super duper for a week.
Anyone know what I should expect?? Am I being too impatient and should I persevere?? Is there a knack to it??
I have definitely noticed an improvement in my quality of sleep however. Trouble is with my fatigue problem it isn't exactly the outcome I was looking for



Any thought welcome as always.
