Hi,
I have recently had an 8' x 3' shed built to accomodate aquarium filtration equipment and a sump tank. The sump tank is housing approximately 150 litres of water at 25 degrees C.
The shed has been fully insulated with 50mm Kingspan.
I have a indoor/outdoor temparature and humidity monitor and it is showing my relative humidity as 99%. Therefore, I need some help getting this down.
At the moment, I have one vent down low on the shed door which was installed by the person who built the shed for me.
Today, I added a 2nd vent to the top of the same door with the idea that this would remove the warmer moist air.
I have installed the vent grills on the outside of the door.
Few things I'm not sure on
1. Is it correct to install the vent grill on the outside, or should it be on the inside of the shed ?
2. Would it be better to have other vents on other walls of the shed, rather than having them on the same wall ? I can only realistically install another vent on the opposite wall
3. Is there a way of working out how much ventilation I need other than trial and error ?
Any other suggestions to help deal with the humidity would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Lee
I have recently had an 8' x 3' shed built to accomodate aquarium filtration equipment and a sump tank. The sump tank is housing approximately 150 litres of water at 25 degrees C.
The shed has been fully insulated with 50mm Kingspan.
I have a indoor/outdoor temparature and humidity monitor and it is showing my relative humidity as 99%. Therefore, I need some help getting this down.
At the moment, I have one vent down low on the shed door which was installed by the person who built the shed for me.
Today, I added a 2nd vent to the top of the same door with the idea that this would remove the warmer moist air.
I have installed the vent grills on the outside of the door.
Few things I'm not sure on
1. Is it correct to install the vent grill on the outside, or should it be on the inside of the shed ?
2. Would it be better to have other vents on other walls of the shed, rather than having them on the same wall ? I can only realistically install another vent on the opposite wall
3. Is there a way of working out how much ventilation I need other than trial and error ?
Any other suggestions to help deal with the humidity would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Lee