Hi!
Now having a need for a dehumidifier for domestic purposes, I've made a start looking around by means of google & ebay searches, but am having trouble getting past the specifications being either "apples or oranges", to the extent it makes it impossible to make a meaningful comparison. E.g. one company says that there's is suitable for a three bedroom semi. - But why would I want to dehumidify all of the house @ one go?? To me it seems to make far more sense to deal with one problem room @ a time!
Others talk in terms of extracting X litres/day, but these are only numbers to me! (so if anybody can recommend a desirable range of extraction rates, that would help a great deal). At this stage I can only say my use is primarily for my smallish bathroom which has started to develop some mildew on the ceiling (& while an extractor fan would probably be a better solution, they don't come cheap, especially when installing one from scratch!). And while I don't want a dehumidifier so inadequate for the job that it takes forever (& theeby costs more to run!) to dry a room, I think I'd prefer one that has enough reserve power to do the job comfortably. Apart from that, some power selectors/timers & some means of switching itself off when the tank is full, etc. seem desirable.
If I'm going down the road of getting a dehumidifier, then if it fulfills a couple of other purposes that would help i.e. being able to set up the dehumidifier beside a clothes horse in a small room so that I can dry out clothing more quickly in winter time. Also, is the water that the dehumidifier extracts demineralised? The reason for that is I can never get enough from the fridge to run a small domestic steam cleaner.
In the specifications of some dehumidifiers I've seen, they refer to carbon filters etc. Which leads to the question - Do dehumidifiers require much in the way of servicing or are they simply "use & forget"?
While I don't know which are the best brands (or sources to obtain them [I live in N.E. Sheffield ]), @ this stage, I'd prefer not to go over £100.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Jim
Now having a need for a dehumidifier for domestic purposes, I've made a start looking around by means of google & ebay searches, but am having trouble getting past the specifications being either "apples or oranges", to the extent it makes it impossible to make a meaningful comparison. E.g. one company says that there's is suitable for a three bedroom semi. - But why would I want to dehumidify all of the house @ one go?? To me it seems to make far more sense to deal with one problem room @ a time!
Others talk in terms of extracting X litres/day, but these are only numbers to me! (so if anybody can recommend a desirable range of extraction rates, that would help a great deal). At this stage I can only say my use is primarily for my smallish bathroom which has started to develop some mildew on the ceiling (& while an extractor fan would probably be a better solution, they don't come cheap, especially when installing one from scratch!). And while I don't want a dehumidifier so inadequate for the job that it takes forever (& theeby costs more to run!) to dry a room, I think I'd prefer one that has enough reserve power to do the job comfortably. Apart from that, some power selectors/timers & some means of switching itself off when the tank is full, etc. seem desirable.
If I'm going down the road of getting a dehumidifier, then if it fulfills a couple of other purposes that would help i.e. being able to set up the dehumidifier beside a clothes horse in a small room so that I can dry out clothing more quickly in winter time. Also, is the water that the dehumidifier extracts demineralised? The reason for that is I can never get enough from the fridge to run a small domestic steam cleaner.
In the specifications of some dehumidifiers I've seen, they refer to carbon filters etc. Which leads to the question - Do dehumidifiers require much in the way of servicing or are they simply "use & forget"?
While I don't know which are the best brands (or sources to obtain them [I live in N.E. Sheffield ]), @ this stage, I'd prefer not to go over £100.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Jim
