What you need is a hot tub time machine. Head back to 2002 and talk the owners of the house out of purchasing said hot tub. Problem solved
Im sure she wouldnt when it's 2C outside, and she can relax in it with a good Gin and a book....There's a few good spots outside where it could go but unfortunately the wife just absolutely detests the thing with every ounce of her being. A bit frustrating really!
I'm fairly confident it works. We've seen videos on the Facebook page of the people we bought the house off with them in the tub. They only lived here for 3 years and it was in there before they bought the house too. There's some bottles of chemicals in the conservatory so I presume they looked after it. The guy worked for a pharmaceutical company so I imagine they kept on top of that stuff. Although what they didn't keep on top of was the humidity levels in the rest of the house unfortunately.
Yeah this is obviously not a great idea to have in a house. On top of that the previous owners also ripped out 3 of the fireplaces and didn't vent them at all in 2 cases and inadequately vented the other. We weren't able to get a proper full survey due to Covid so had to take a gamble. Within 20mins of me being in the house I had completely stripped the wallpaper from two chimney breasts as they were wringing wet with condensation! Reinstalled a fireplace in the kids bedroom yesterday and made a start on opening the one in their playroom back up. Bought a heavy duty dehumidifier which has already taken gallons and gallons of water out of the house. Getting there now.If the hot tub is "Part" of the house (i.e. in a conservatory) then that probably was a major contributor... those things sit around 38C, and give off a LOT of steam!!
But what about the hot tub?Take the panels off unplumb it drain it hump it on its side an yank the ol girl out the door, job done
Jeez bit too much detail there lolhump it on its side an yank the ol girl out the door, job done
I have that same Meaco running upstairs. I thought it was doing a great job...but obviously it just can't do anything about the built in wardrobes acting as fridges. Might have to get another one but it's definitely a lot noisier than I was hoping. Will have to have a look at getting some sensors. Going to fit some trickle vents in the UPVC windows tomorrow.We had that in ours. A solid brick house, outside wall facing north. No matter how warm the house was heated the built in wardrobe was colder and so condensation formed and then the mould.
Once I was clued into the damage caused by humidity, I put sensors in various locations and can see how it changes based on outside temperature and specifically when the outside first starts to drop in autumn. It can spike up to 75% humidity. We run 2 Meaco 20l dehumidifiers all year but in autumn they are running non stop for a month and then the house balances out and is now 55%.
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You might want to look at installing a positive input ventilation system such as a Nuaire Drimaster Eco as a long term solution for condensation rather than constantly running dehumidifiers. I put one in a flat that I have that had major condensation problems and it fixed the problem within days. They are simple to install - just needs a 12 inch hole cut into the ceiling to the loft and a fused spur in the loft to run it from. There's loads of descriptions / reviews online. And they run quietly and never need emptying!The Meaco has been upstairs all day. It was saying 58% in our bedroom. It's cleared the condensation out of the wardrobes. I've just brought it down to the kids playroom as they're going to bed and it's too noisy to leave running up there. It's now saying 64%.
The house is late Edwardian, so early 1900's. The walls have a lot of external air bricks. So presumably cavity?
You might want to look at installing a positive input ventilation system such as a Nuaire Drimaster Eco as a long term solution for condensation rather than constantly running dehumidifiers. I put one in a flat that I have that had major condensation problems and it fixed the problem within days. They are simple to install - just needs a 12 inch hole cut into the ceiling to the loft and a fused spur in the loft to run it from. There's loads of descriptions / reviews online. And they run quietly and never need emptying!
The one I had installed went into a flat that forms the upstairs of an old converted coach house. Solid stone walls and single glazed windows (and its in a listed building so I need to get consent to change the windows and conservation has said they want wooden windows which are 2.5x the price but that's another story). Its a holiday home so we would arrive and the place would be damp and every morning we were there the first job would be to mop up all the water on the windows and cills and we couldn't get rid of the black mould. 2 days after the PIV was installed all the water was gone and now when we go there we have no dampness and no black mould and the place smells fresh. I was very skeptical before it went in but for less than £500 it was worth a try. And the flat downstairs leaves their fanlight windows open all the time and they still have water dripping down them 24/7 and black mould around all the reveals. Major reported downside online is that they put cooler air in and this is the case near the outlet but you don't notice it elsewhere.Yes I have been looking at PIV's. Very mixed reviews on Amazon though. Seems like leaving a couple of windows on the ajar setting might do the same thing. Certainly worked in the conservatory.