Not quite sure which category this might fit into so I'm putting it here.
We're suffering with some crazy humidity in our house and want to know how/where it is coming from and how I might tackle it.
I have a couple of these cheap hygrometer and they're both giving similar readings. The other day we had 90% humidity in the bedroom! As I understand from various sites humidity levels should be between 1-50% for relative comfort. At present (11.30am) it's 75%.
We live in Southampton, so fairly near the coast.
Under the house we have a high water table and I have seen the foundations of the house flooded after really heavy rain.
We have a polycarbonate roof on the conservatory and there are no exterior doors or windows separating the conservatory from the kitchen (these were removed before we moved in) so it's more like an open plan kitchen.
At night I put a dehumidifier on in the bedroom for a few hours before we go to bed and this manages to pull the level down to about 55% which makes it more comfortable but come the morning it's just back right up.
Not really putting the heating on yet but that does help with the relative comfort feeling if the house is warmer.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
We're suffering with some crazy humidity in our house and want to know how/where it is coming from and how I might tackle it.
I have a couple of these cheap hygrometer and they're both giving similar readings. The other day we had 90% humidity in the bedroom! As I understand from various sites humidity levels should be between 1-50% for relative comfort. At present (11.30am) it's 75%.
We live in Southampton, so fairly near the coast.
Under the house we have a high water table and I have seen the foundations of the house flooded after really heavy rain.
We have a polycarbonate roof on the conservatory and there are no exterior doors or windows separating the conservatory from the kitchen (these were removed before we moved in) so it's more like an open plan kitchen.
At night I put a dehumidifier on in the bedroom for a few hours before we go to bed and this manages to pull the level down to about 55% which makes it more comfortable but come the morning it's just back right up.
Not really putting the heating on yet but that does help with the relative comfort feeling if the house is warmer.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.