Moisture reducing indoor plant?

worlds goodest teecher

Does anyone have any advice on using a plant to reduce the humidity levels in an apartment?

I have a hygrometer and it is show humidity levels of between 65-75%. We do dry clothes in the hallway as we do not have a dryer and I understand heat + moisture = dampness. We also have a very young baby so i really want to get this moisture issue under control.

I have purchased a dehumidifier and have been running it every night, opening windows during the day but there are still signs of mould on the windows and mould on clothes.

Does anyone know if these particular plants are firstly readily available in Ireland, and secondly if they are effective in reducing humidity levels? I saw these plants suggested on a few websites.

Peace Lily
Reed Palm
English Ivy
Boston Fern
Tillandsia

I went to a local garden centre today and they told me Common Ivy is English Ivy, which was the only one of the above that they had available.

We only room on window cills.

looksee

All except the Tillandsia can be purchased in garden centres, including those attached to diy stores. Tillandsia is an air plant and while they are available, they are a bit more specialised.

However I would not anticipate that any of them would make an appreciable difference to a damp apartment. Drying laundry is the worst thing you can do if you have damp problems, could you find a local laundrette to dry your clothes even if just for this very wet weather?

GuitarMusic

What model dehumidifier do you have?

Drying clothes indoors can raise humidity levels by up to 30% providing an ideal breeding ground for Aspergillus Fumigatus spores (which can give you severe permanent respiratory problems not to mention the baby).

When drying clothes indoors you really need a dehumidifier with Laundry mode. With a baby in the house I'd make sure the dehumidifier has a louvre, an anti-bacterial filter and ioniser to provide cleaner air as well.

The best way to dry clothes is to place a clothes horse in the box room, close all doors and windows and place the dehumidifier next to the clpthes with the louvre pointing directly at the clothes. This way the clothes should be dry in around 4-5 hours.

Mould grows in humidity at over 60% so you should really be runing the dehumidifier more often,

worlds goodest teecher

GuitarMusic wrote: »

What model dehumidifier do you have?

Drying clothes indoors can raise humidity levels by up to 30% providing an ideal breeding ground for Aspergillus Fumigatus spores (which can give you severe permanent respiratory problems not to mention the baby).

When drying clothes indoors you really need a dehumidifier with Laundry mode. With a baby in the house I'd make sure the dehumidifier has a louvre, an anti-bacterial filter and ioniser to provide cleaner air as well.

The best way to dry clothes is to place a clothes horse in the box room, close all doors and windows and place the dehumidifier next to the clpthes with the louvre pointing directly at the clothes. This way the clothes should be dry in around 4-5 hours.

Mould grows in humidity at over 60% so you should really be runing the dehumidifier more often,

We had been debating buying a condescending dryer but available space is limited. Another related issue is that the laminated floor in one room is swollen, and has been since we moved in at the beginning of the year. The shower tray in one room had been leaking, it might explain the swollen floor but not the humidity.

Right now with the dehumidifier on all day, with a few bits of damp clothing in the hallway, the RH is 72 %

Hocus Focus

worlds goodest teecher wrote: »

We had been debating buying a condescending dryer.

I wouldn't have anything to do with such a snobby dryer:)

worlds goodest teecher

Hocus Focus wrote: »

I wouldn't have anything to do with such a snobby dryer:)

Thanks for pointing out my mistake. It wouldn't be a great Christmas would it if you had a condescending appliance in house.