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Any advice on dehumidifiers

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  • 30-12-2012 11:49am
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    monkeysnapper
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    Our 6 month old had pneumonia a few weeks before Xmas and he's now he's back in hospital again only worse this time. He will be ok but this is driving me mad.
    Our 3 year old has been in twice as well, I wouldn't mind but our house is 6 years old and there's no real sign of dampness. Our only fault that I can think of is we need to probably turn off the heating in the upstairs area in evenings.

    I saw in aldi this week they have dehumidifiers , I've checked out the price of decent ones and they seem to go for like 250upwards , this one in aldi is 39.99.

    I thought I'd give it a try as its only 39.99 , it's been on for nearly 24 hours and its collected around a pint of water .

    Anybody els use one for their house.


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    Blueskye
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    Sorry to hear about your son. Hope he gets better soon. Has the hospital linked the pneumonia to dampness at home?

    We've been using a dehumidifier for a few months because I live in a pretty old house, and sometimes dry clothes inside in winter. I turn it on when clothes are drying and it takes up a lot of the moisture. I also have thermometers that give you an estimate of the humidity in various rooms. They're quite cheap on amazon.


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    pwurple
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    Two small children with pneumonia twice each! Awful, for all of you. Hope everyone is recovering. Loads of things cause pneumonia. bacteria, fungus, virus... But humidity? I don't know.

    Are they immunosuppresed for any reason maybe.

    I would be as worried as you here. I would follow up that history with your GP/consultant straight away for root cause analysis, if you haven't done so already. You can get tests done for legionella and a few other pneumonia causing bugs.


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