Decrease humidity DIY stylee

Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

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Morning y‘all,
Anybody got an Idea how to decrease humidity in my shed?
Need some DIYadvice; money don’t grow on trees, and I’m brassic at the moment.

Any advice appreciated!

Good start to the week!

RW
:peace:
 
StickyBudHound

StickyBudHound

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DIY Dehumidifier:

Supplies
Directions
  1. Take one of the buckets and drill a bunch of holes in the bottom. Do 6-7 and make them ¼ inch or so across.
  2. Put the bucket with the holes inside the other bucket. Place about 5 pounds of rock salt in the top bucket.
  3. Place this in area that you want to reduce moisture in. In a few days there will be some water in the bottom. Dump this out and check it every few days. You’ll eventually need to replace the rock salt, but it is usually very cheap.
Instead of rock salt, you can also try silica-based kitty litter or calcium chloride. This is often sold during the winter to melt ice. Charcoal (either briquets or lump charcoal) will work too and remove odors at the same time. And some zeolite rocks will pull moisture from the air. Some of the commercial dampness removing products are made from zeolites.

I hope it helps. Short of lots of fans and other more expensive ways, that's about all that's left.
 
Observe & Report

Observe & Report

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Dehumidification is expensive due to thermodynamics, there is no way around it if it is humid outside your shed. No DIY solution is going to be as cheap and effective as a good commercial dehumidifier. Same deal with chillers, which are basically the same thing.
 
Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior

Well-Known Member
StickyBudHound said:
DIY Dehumidifier:

Supplies
Directions
  1. Take one of the buckets and drill a bunch of holes in the bottom. Do 6-7 and make them ¼ inch or so across.
  2. Put the bucket with the holes inside the other bucket. Place about 5 pounds of rock salt in the top bucket.
  3. Place this in area that you want to reduce moisture in. In a few days there will be some water in the bottom. Dump this out and check it every few days. You’ll eventually need to replace the rock salt, but it is usually very cheap.
Instead of rock salt, you can also try silica-based kitty litter or calcium chloride. This is often sold during the winter to melt ice. Charcoal (either briquets or lump charcoal) will work too and remove odors at the same time. And some zeolite rocks will pull moisture from the air. Some of the commercial dampness removing products are made from zeolites.

I hope it helps. Short of lots of fans and other more expensive ways, that's about all that's left.
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Thanks for ur advice!
On my way to get all the bits needed!

Have a good one!

RW
:peace:
 
SatIndy

SatIndy

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T macc said:
Layer your floor with silica gel!!! Don't know if it would work lol
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I literally just tried that, lol. I put a bunch of those packets (some were quite big) that I've saved up for gawd-knows-what... and put them all in one of those plastic mesh bags that hold onions or whatevs. Don't know if it worked, 'coz it finally stopped raining for days on end - but the humidity has dropped quite a bit. LOL, the things we do... :P
 
ANC

ANC

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Rainbow Warrior said:
Morning y‘all,
Anybody got an Idea how to decrease humidity in my shed?
Need some DIYadvice; money don’t grow on trees, and I’m brassic at the moment.

Any advice appreciated!

Good start to the week!

RW
:peace:
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1 complete air exchange per minute
 
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