Fan / Humidistat required for slightly damp cellar. Any recommendations?

[eveares]

Has no one suggested a dehumidifier?

For your solution, it depends if you want to remove the damp that forms or prevent it from ever forming in the first place; for the latter a anti-damp treatment what targets the root coarse would be needed.

 

[EFLImpudence]

As has been said, it is likely not "forming" but seeping in.

 

[moonhog]

I did think of a dehumidifier, but have read that it would extract moisture out of the bricks, which in turn would then cause efflorescence etc?

I'm satisfied to just minimise the damp that forms, and keep the room useable as a storage/workshop area. I might see if I can borrow a dehumidifier and try it for a bit.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I know you want to install a fan to stop damp in the cellar.

And I know that you do not want to hear anything to do with that not going to work.

So go ahead - install the fan.

 

[IanB1959]

In my experience "specialists" often suggest a humidity fan to fix problems with damp, moisture, mould etc. It doesn't solve anything.

I agree with Andy. If you want it dry you need to fix the damp. Cellar probably needs tanking properly.

PS Hope you don't live in a flood risk area!

Tanking will make it dry but will cause and accelerate rot in the walls behind it (these walls support your house!)....not the solution. Good ventilation is the key. Pump in one end, pump out other end using a humidistat to control them.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Problem was from 4 years ago. I guess it’s been fixed, or maybe the OP has died of wet rot.