Reverse cycle air conditioning.

Does it all, cools heats and dehumidifies.

If its only in small areas, those absorby crystal things?
Or is it so bad its not just the enclosed spaces like cupboards etc?

Mark _australia said..
If its only in small areas, those absorby crystal things?
Or is it so bad its not just the enclosed spaces like cupboards etc?

It's EVERYTHING, the entire house. You'll get a litre in a few weeks with those crystal things. We need to be able to extract tens of litres in a couple of days. Just had a week o/s for work, and when I came back my computer keyboard was covered in mildew. The walls are wet to touch, paintings, clothing, furniture. I'm just hoping to stop it before we need to replace the carpet. It's a problem all over Sydney at the moment, which is why there aren't any humidifiers left to buy anywhere. And La Nina is with us for a few more months, apparently.

Anyway, problem just solved.... relatives in NZ are buying us a unit tomorrow and shipping it over. It does 25 litres a day. Need one anyway, really, with all the heavy clay where I live we had dampness even before it decided to rain continuously for the last 5 months.

I had trouble getting a dehumidifier several months ago, ended up having to get it from Victoria. Good news is, they work well.

I really suffered in Darwin as a kid with this mould, until I left. I later discovered other people have this issue as well. My tip that will help things is to leave the windows open. The more air flow, the better. Good luck !

If the conditions are as you say, why has it taken you until a day or so ago to ask yourself

"Maybe I should buy a dehumidifier"

Yeah, Nah.

Dude, this rain has been happening for a year.

I found this article interesting

www.alzdiscovery.org/cognitive-vitality/blog/can-mold-harm-your-brain

Do you think this "ground-breaking" research may have to do with why you didn't realise there was a problem until now?

It helps explain a lot of your behaviour and negative attitudes towards cryptocurrency and blockchain.

Harrow said..

jn1 said..
I really suffered in Darwin as a kid with this mould, until I left. I later discovered other people have this issue as well. My tip that will help things is to leave the windows open. The more air flow, the better. Good luck !

Unfortunately that doesn't do much when the outside humidity is 80% month after month. Thus the reason all the humidifiers have been sold this year. It hasn't rained for 3 days, but the nackyard pavers are soaking wet, even at the end of the day. It's been nuts in Sydney this year.

The concept is not to remove the humidity out of your home, it's to dissipate the mould spores. If you have a prevailing wind that can blow air through your house constantly, even better. The more air flow the better. I also recommend temporarily removing doors from closets, kitchen cupboards etc, until these conditions stop. Remove the draws storing any clothing (underwear etc). You want to prevent still air in confined spaces.

In the old days, homes in the tropics did not have refrigerative A/C. They were very open houses; high set houses (on stilts), with louvers that most people left permanently open in the wet season and build up in order to prevent/reduce mould. These homes also had lots of ceiling fans to keep the air moving. It sounds to me that Sydney has turned into the tropics ?. Try my tip. It will cost you nothing.

I think light lots of fires inside.

Harrow said..

jn1 said..
The concept is not to remove the humidity out of your home, it's to dissipate the mould spores. If you have a prevailing wind that can blow air through your house constantly, even better. The more air flow the better. I also recommend temporarily removing doors from closets, kitchen cupboards etc, until these conditions stop. Remove the draws storing any clothing (underwear etc). You want to prevent still air in confined spaces.

In the old days, homes in the tropics did not have refrigerative A/C. They were very open houses; high set houses (on stilts), with louvers that most people left permanently open in the wet season and build up in order to prevent/reduce mould. These homes also had lots of ceiling fans to keep the air moving. It sounds to me that Sydney has turned into the tropics ?. Try my tip. It will cost you nothing.

Some good points, although as you say, open houses set on stilts. A few rooms in my federation house are low to the ground on moist clay and really not possible to get any decent through flow of ventilation. I'm also in the process of putting subsoil drainage under that end of the house.

Ceiling fans are always a good idea