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80% humidity in bedroom

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  • 14-07-2009 9:55am
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    KTRIC
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    Before we moved into our apartment about 9 months ago there was a slight green stain on the bedroom wall. We were told it was fixed and in the past month I have noticed little spores appearing on the wall.

    The wall itself is quite cold to the touch and for the past couple of days I put a hydrometer beside it. It was reading 80% this morning when we got up.

    Is this something to worry about ? The humidity is normal in the rest of the room apart from this one corner. I'm in the process of sealing the wall with some anti-fungal paint at the moment.


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    The_Conductor
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    Damp is one thing- and is the probable reason for the green mould. You need to get this looked at.

    Humidity on the other hand- is a totally different matter. Humidity is about 84% in Dublin city centre at the moment. It means absolutely nothing- its the moisture content in the air- nothing else.

    If air humidity is an issue (it normally is at this time of the year)- get a dehumidifier. You'd be very surprised at the many litres of water you can extract from the air in an average house, on a daily basis........


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    oceanclub
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    Before we moved into our apartment about 9 months ago there was a slight green stain on the bedroom wall. We were told it was fixed and in the past month I have noticed little spores appearing on the wall.

    The wall itself is quite cold to the touch and for the past couple of days I put a hydrometer beside it. It was reading 80% this morning when we got up.

    Is this something to worry about ? The humidity is normal in the rest of the room apart from this one corner. I'm in the process of sealing the wall with some anti-fungal paint at the moment.

    Just curious - how do you dry clothes? Do you use a dryer or put the clothes on racks in the apartment?

    P.


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    KTRIC
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    oceanclub wrote: »
    Just curious - how do you dry clothes? Do you use a dryer or put the clothes on racks in the apartment?

    P.

    No clothes dried in that room. We did however put a small dehumidifier in the room which seems to have collected a small amount of water in the past week.


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    The_Conductor
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    No clothes dried in that room. We did however put a small dehumidifier in the room which seems to have collected a small amount of water in the past week.

    Whats a small amount?
    When I started using a dehumidifier I got between 12 and 14 litres a day- now I consistently get 3-4 litres.


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    KTRIC
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    This is what we put in the room,

    http://www.uhu.de/klebeberatung/katalog/Luftentfeuchter.pdf

    I haven't got the money for an electric dehumidifier at the moment.


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