Dancook
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any tips to get the humidity down in our house?
Bought myself a little smart Govee thermometer so I can try to understand the balance of heat in the house.
So for the last week or two I've had the heating on all the time, set radiators upstairs to low and downstairs to high - with the thermostat on about 15-17, just want to stop the house temperature dropping too much.
I see an average humidity of 69%, I looked this up and it's too high. It seems to peak with morning showers (room next door) but never really goes that low. It's 68% right now 3 hours after showers, I've cracked the window to see if it helps matters. We otherwise never open windows because we're trying to keep the house warm.
Whilst checking it today in a particularly problematic room, I noticed a large amount of black mold behind a desk - a popular place for it.
I'm wondering if upgrading the fan in the bathroom would help
Also our kitchen extractor fan / hood - doesn't actually go anywhere, so any steam generated in the kitchen downstairs stays in the house.
We've been getting quotes for external wall insulation, though my interest has been waning with some ridiculous pricing, we also do need some new radiators downstairs.
I got 99 problems.
Bought myself a little smart Govee thermometer so I can try to understand the balance of heat in the house.
So for the last week or two I've had the heating on all the time, set radiators upstairs to low and downstairs to high - with the thermostat on about 15-17, just want to stop the house temperature dropping too much.
I see an average humidity of 69%, I looked this up and it's too high. It seems to peak with morning showers (room next door) but never really goes that low. It's 68% right now 3 hours after showers, I've cracked the window to see if it helps matters. We otherwise never open windows because we're trying to keep the house warm.
Whilst checking it today in a particularly problematic room, I noticed a large amount of black mold behind a desk - a popular place for it.
I'm wondering if upgrading the fan in the bathroom would help
Also our kitchen extractor fan / hood - doesn't actually go anywhere, so any steam generated in the kitchen downstairs stays in the house.
We've been getting quotes for external wall insulation, though my interest has been waning with some ridiculous pricing, we also do need some new radiators downstairs.
I got 99 problems.