5 easy and cheap ways to reduce humidity in house

1. Beware the temperature at which the heating programs

The hot air is more humid than the cold, so winter is the time of year when the humidity is less noticeable. Unless it is raining clear. This would be solved by the humidifier but this may be expensive.

But by lowering the temperature at that time, we turn on home heating, and often we do above the recommended temperature.

When we put the home heating tempers flare, and the temperature rises, causing the temperature difference between the inside and the outside increases. Because of the thermal bridges between the different building materials air housed inside the housing comes into contact with cold surfaces and generates the appearance of the happy condensations.

Regulating temperature with a thermostat

In summer an air conditioning comes us well to lower the air temperature and humidity with it. In paragraph 15, you will see how you should set it to remove moisture as possible.

An indoor winter temperature of about 19-20º is more than enough to be comfortable and also save on heating.

* Action: Adjust the temperature of the house by connecting the heating moderately. Use a thermostat to regulate the temperature to one 19-20º
* Price: 50 € - Price of a thermostat

2. Avoid gas stoves

When we need calefactor a stay promptly, we often use portable butane gas equipment, such as stoves.

This is a very energy efficient solution and a good alternative when there is no possibility of having a conventional heating installation.

The problem with these devices is that they represent a very important source of moisture production because its combustion produces butane gas water vapor emitted to the environment.

For every kilogram of butane gas more than 1.5 liters of water, reason enough to escape these stoves as a source of heat in humid environments are generated.

Butane gas stoveIn these environments, better use alternatives such as ceramic plates or fluid emitters.

* Action: Replace butane stoves ceramic heat emitters or emitters of fluid.
* Price: Between 150-350 € is the price of this type of heat emitters

3. Use absorbent in closets and small rooms

Moisture absorbers are compounds with a high degree of moisture penetration, ideal for absorbing and removing excess same environment.

There are different commercial solutions of these products, whose main composition is usually the silica gel or calcium chloride being the most effective latter.

Its use is recommended for small spaces like closets or rooms less than 4 square meters dimensions.

moisture absorbent homeYou will find them on the market in the form of envelopes or bags of 50 grams to 1 kilogram prepared to hang in a closet, inserted between clothes or leave a corner of the room.

It is not the most effective way to lower the humidity at home but help to keep your clothes dry and prevent mold in closets.

* Action: Put in closets bags absorbing compounds such as silica gel or calcium chloride.
* Price: 5-30 €

4. Do not turn the house into a jungle

Plants decorate and enliven a home but need water to live. Some varieties require much watering contributing to a too humid environment.

We must be careful with the kind of plants we have at home and if we live in high humidity environments remove more water demand or substitute others that need less.

The epiphytic plants, which absorb water through the leaves instead of the root, emit less water into the atmosphere than other varieties. Bracken treatment of humiditiesYou may have ever read these plants work as a home dehumidifier, lowering the percentage of humidity. This statement is wrong since there is no plant to absorb more water than expels the environment. Think of the moisture in the botanical gardens.

* Action: Limits the vegetation inside your home. Replace plants that emit more water to the surface by others as ivy, fern, the Carnation Air, Peace Lily, Red Palma or Tillandsia.
* Price: 10-50 € per unit.

5. Check leaks in plumbing

Leaking facilities are more common than we might think, especially if it is an old plumbing installation.

These water losses usually occur quickly and causing bags or chipping paint in areas where they occur.

The problem is when the leak is small and also occurs in a heating pipe is on the ground. It is more difficult to locate the source of it and know that only exists because the boiler loses pressure.

If you are in this case, we recommend you contact a technician can determine the cause of the problem and repair as otherwise, the water lost will increase the humidity.

repairing water leaks

Furthermore, it is also important to repair these small losses of water produced in continuous dripping taps. Although not have much impact, also they influence the increased level of humidity.

* Action: Check the plumbing, repair the constant dripping faucets require it.
* Price: ¿? You need a budget tailored to the actions that will be undertaking