What Preps are you doing this week? Part 11

[pseudonym]

My mum swears by her karcher window vacuum..

+1 to that. Keeps my shower screens streak free also.

[Medusa]

We have triple glazing in the majority of the house and still get condensation on the bedroom windows which we wipe/karcher. We have a bay window and I would really like the slates removing and insulation putting in, as the bedroom over the top has condensation, but husband is worried about disturbing the slates and having leaks. The small bedroom window is over the vestibule which is not heated and also suffers with condensation. I had the dehumidifier running for several hours yesterday but couldnt get the humidity down to less that 62%.

[Peter]

Yes a Karcher and a dehumidifier are good.

New snow fall west midlands started 7:30 pm, interesting drive home .

Won’t be going far tomorrow but will make sure grip mats are in the car.

[Yorkshire Andy]

We have triple glazing in the majority of the house and still get condensation on the bedroom windows which we wipe/karcher. We have a bay window and I would really like the slates removing and insulation putting in, as the bedroom over the top has condensation, but husband is worried about disturbing the slates and having leaks. The small bedroom window is over the vestibule which is not heated and also suffers with condensation. I had the dehumidifier running for several hours yesterday but couldnt get the humidity down to less that 62%.

Depending on how it's built the less destructive method will be to internally insulate using insulation backed plasterboard then adding a slightly wider windowsill and a quick skim then redecorated

https://constructionmegastore.co.uk/pro ... tnEALw_wcB

Assuming it's not a curved bay

[diamond lil]

That's one thing I've thankfully never had to deal with - condensation at windows.

[Frnc]

We have triple glazing in the majority of the house and still get condensation on the bedroom windows which we wipe/karcher. We have a bay window and I would really like the slates removing and insulation putting in, as the bedroom over the top has condensation, but husband is worried about disturbing the slates and having leaks. The small bedroom window is over the vestibule which is not heated and also suffers with condensation. I had the dehumidifier running for several hours yesterday but couldnt get the humidity down to less that 62%.

62% isn't bad. But you need to run a humidifier for weeks, not hours, to have much effect, according to the manufacturer of mine.
Some sources say indoors should be 50-55%, but I did see one that said 60% is ideal. Bear in mind we are in a damp country, where it is often > 90% outside. Absolute humidity is lower in winter, as cold air can't hold as much water. I run my dehumidifier 24/7, apart from summer when windows are often open. I've noticed it's been reaching target (55 or 60%) a lot more recently, as there is less moisture in air coming in from outside. However the lodgers' rooms do get quite high at night. My room doesn't. Mine is a bit warmer on average, which might be part of the reason.

[PPrep]

62% isn't bad. But you need to run a humidifier for weeks, not hours, to have much effect, according to the manufacturer of mine.
Some sources say indoors should be 50-55%, but I did see one that said 60% is ideal. Bear in mind we are in a damp country, where it is often > 90% outside.

Thanks from PPrep. I have two dehumidifiers, one the absorption type and the other the refrigerant type. Both of these are effective, work quite quickly to bring the Relative Humidity down, and I use them when the RH in a room exceeds some 78 to 80%. The absorption one gives out a bit of heat, so I use it if a room is too cool. Problem is these use electricity and do need to be on a long time to maintain a lower humidity level, which costs. I would be happy with 60 to 65%; maybe this is a good balance between RH and energy cost. Perhaps I've got a choice of paying out or having condensation on my windows. They are older windows and don't have trickle vents as far as I can see. I think having net curtains doesn't help. Daily condensation removal on all windows will be a pain.

I did a search to see what a Karcher is; I'll look into these. I have a micropore cloth which I can try. My guess is that the condensation will reappear every day?

[Frnc]

62% isn't bad. But you need to run a humidifier for weeks, not hours, to have much effect, according to the manufacturer of mine.
Some sources say indoors should be 50-55%, but I did see one that said 60% is ideal. Bear in mind we are in a damp country, where it is often > 90% outside.

Thanks from PPrep. I have two dehumidifiers, one the absorption type and the other the refrigerant type. Both of these are effective, work quite quickly to bring the Relative Humidity down, and I use them when the RH in a room exceeds some 78 to 80%. The absorption one gives out a bit of heat, so I use it if a room is too cool. Problem is these use electricity and do need to be on a long time to maintain a lower humidity level, which costs. I would be happy with 60 to 65%; maybe this is a good balance between RH and energy cost. Perhaps I've got a choice of paying out or having condensation on my windows. They are older windows and don't have trickle vents as far as I can see. I think having net curtains doesn't help. Daily condensation removal on all windows will be a pain.

I did a search to see what a Karcher is; I'll look into these. I have a micropore cloth which I can try. My guess is that the condensation will reappear every day?

The condensation on the windows doesn't bother me much. I run mine to cut the general humidity, and also to try to avoid condensation in the loft, as much as possible. I have a Meaco. It uses about 2kWh a day when it runs all the time. It's using less now it's cold, because the air has less water in it. Summer it's off anyway. Spring and autumn are when it runs almost 24 hours a day.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Meaco is another good brand assembled in the UK immsmc (I've a meaco AC unit which as I bought it this year meant summer was poor

[Medusa]

Saw the weather warnings for this weekend and panicked for absolutely no reason apart from the fact that I have a very rare night away planned which is reliant on trains (wish me luck). There is food, water and heat at home so all is fine there or if I have to cancel the night away despite losing money for the hotel. I have just packed extra warm clothes, cash in case of card machine failures, Yorkshire teabags, coffee portions, powerbanks for my phone and extra batteries for my torch. Hotels usually have emergency generators dont they? Will pack some snacks/pot noodles and my first aid pouch as I wont have the car and my first aid supplies. Travelling with a friend who thinks I am a bit bonkers but who doesnt even carry a packet of tissues. Yes this is a storm forecast not a tornado but being reliant on public transport, hotels and not having my usual preps immediately available makes me somewhat nervous.