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A wet paper filter is the perfect place for mold to stick to and send spores all over the place. If you have a mold problem where you live and can't move out of
by kijin 8y ago
A wet paper filter is the perfect place for mold to stick to and send spores all over the place. If you have a mold problem where you live and can't move out of the place, you need an air filter and a dehumidifier. Unfortunately, it's hard to jerry-rig a dehumidifier on the cheap. If you were in London in the winter, it might have been more practical to turn up the heat to keep the room as dry as possible.
- nvarsj 8y agoAnd open your windows a tad. It's the best way to keep indoor humidity under control during winter. Being in a basement room though, I'm not sure this would have helped.
- kijin 8y agoAs someone else mentioned downthread, you need to maintain a rather high temperature (around 25C/77F) in order to reduce the relative humidity enough. This might or might not have been feasible given OP's budget, heating arrangements, and general preference. I for one would not want to live in such a hot room for a whole season even if I could afford to. I keep my room cooler than that even in the summer!
- nvarsj 8y agoHmm, my house during winter is usually between 18-20. If I keep the window vents closed (most UK houses have vents above the windows specifically for this reason), I get a lot of condensation around the windows which gets mouldy. Leaving those vents open makes all the difference - no condensation, no mould. Also the house humidity seems to stay under 50% with the vents open.
- kijin 8y agoYup, that's a normal house. Doesn't work in a basement, though, unless it has a vent or small window above the ground.
- marco1 8y agoCould mold grow inside of a dehumidifier as well? I mean, water is constantly passing the components inside. Or does mold need organic material (such as the paper inside the DIY filter) and thus will not grow on the dehumidifier that consists largely of plastic and metal?