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Thread #90096   Message #1704682
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
28-Mar-06 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: any ideas on this Damp Control system ?
Subject: RE: BS: any ideas on this Damp Control system ?
John in kansas, look left! The blind buttons are non-functonal decor, the infomation was on links behind the headings on the left, with titles like 'The problems of damp' etc.


As to if it will work, well maybe. Assuming the figures quoted based on reality, then it does it appear to achive a significant drop in the mositure content of the wall, and the air inside. It appears to be a forced draft system, to draw relativly dry air into a cavity, and increase evaporation. It's simply wind driven, so (presumably) has no running costs.

Assuming your mid-Victorian terrace has been properly maintained, and has reasonably close fitting windows, then you shouldn't have many drafts, so could well find this system effective.

The alternatives are:

Open a window or two, and put on some warmer clothes

Get a standard dehumidifier. I've used them in bathrooms, and other areas that got very steamy, and they work.

Move to an older, drafty house, and the moist air will escape through the cracks in the walls...