High humidity in UK high temperatures

glammagran

The last owner of our house left his portable air con unit behind for us. It lives in the garage during the winter. It’s quite large, clunky and noisy and we (rather inefficiently) hang the hose out of the window but it really does makes a huge difference to the temperature in the room.

Portable air con do make a huge difference, or so I believe.

Ours are fairly quiet, small, roll around, and my husband fitted vents for them by engineering the hoses to fit openings he also engineered.

They work a treat!

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The last owner of our house left his portable air con unit behind for us. It lives in the garage during the winter. It’s quite large, clunky and noisy and we (rather inefficiently) hang the hose out of the window but it really does makes a huge difference to the temperature in the room.

Yes.

DH seems to be suffering more than me. I did some gardening and general tidying up indoors this morning but that's enough for a couple of hours!

Is anybody else struggling with high humidity again today? It’s not sunny, but the air is so heavy, currently 79% where I am in mid Wales, and is going up to 93% tonight. I’m working in the garden, but I can only manage 20 minutes or so at a time, it’s exhausting.

V3ra I save all the water I can have 2 watering cans by the back door as I use the water on my veg plants. Plus any not to soapy washing up or hand washing water rest of the garden can have that. I don't water plants with clean water. Soapy water doesn't seem to harm them .

Air conditioning, fans, and dehumidifier will all help. And maybe most important: hydrate!

Just aircon or at least a fan. When our kids were babies and we didn’t have aircon I used to put them in a crib surrounded by wet cloth nappies with a fan directed at the nappies. We used to get very hot 40C days.

In Vietnam you could buy neck wraps with some sort of synthetic jelly in them and put them in the fridge. They were wonderful. They may well have them on Amazon.

The person to ask is a doctor!

Whiff

Just measured the water in my dehumidifier from last night put on at 10am turned off at 5am 10.5ls of water. I empty it every morning. First time I measured it. Had a lovely cooling sleep .

Whiff if you have pot plants in your bungalow the dehumidifier water is very good for watering them 👍🏻

Our dehumidifier on the landing is full every morning as well.

Gr8dame

DH recently had a heart attack and is currently very uncomfortable during the current high temperatures since he came home from hospital.
I’m wondering if a de-humidifier would help him by making the heat in our apartment drier but maybe I’ve got the wrong idea.
Can any of you knowledgeable gransnetters help please?

A dehumidifier will raise the temperature very slightly. I would be more inclined to look at small portable air conditioning units to bring temperature down.

Wethertomorrow Just this morning read some warnings about using electric fans in an effort to keep cool. Know a fan isn't quite an air conditioner. Temp between 20 - 29C fans are okay. Once into 30s definitely not. People think that a fan cools the air but the articles pointed out fans only move the air in a room around, not a actually cooling the air. I have a fixed air conditioner (also heats) system and haven't use it in the recent hot spell, just opened windows and doors, closed blinds when appropriate. Think one of the news items was from BBC.

Portable air con is my best purchase ever. It may only get used a handful of times a year but it can take a room from fierce oven to pretty chilli in a couple of hours. It does dry you out a bit though.

Humidity is only uncomfortable combined with heat. Fans and air con all dry the air and the person and I find being too dry unpleasant.

We seem to get on well with fans. One pedestal fan oscillating in the lounge, one static at foot of bed at night and a desk top one to move around. I'd be worried about getting dehydrated with a humidifier. We only seem to need the lowest setting too. We both have heart conditions.

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My DH has a dodgy heart too, and though he's always liked hot weather he's got the air conditioner on this afternoon. I agree with karmalady that the humidity isn't actually too bad today, where we live by the river there is a bit of a breeze which helps.

Definitely portable air con or at least a fan.

My local lidl has portable air con unit for around £125 in today.

Just measured the water in my dehumidifier from last night put on at 10am turned off at 5am 10.5ls of water. I empty it every morning. First time I measured it. Had a lovely cooling sleep .

We have some cooling towels that you can wet, put in the fridge then put on the back of your neck.

Other makes available.

A portable aircon unit would be a good idea, you could move it to the bedroom too.

DH is having a long relaxed cool bath before bed each night. He lies in ti for half an hour or more so that his core temperature is reduced and this assures him a good nights sleep.

Whethertomorrow

I have a portable little air conditioner. It makes a HUGE difference. My thermometer hanging on my patio doors showed 39 degrees yesterday. A dehumidifier would make absolutely no difference to the heat of a room. As long as you have a window or door you can put the exhaust pipe out you should be able to use it. I highly recommend using an air conditioner. If you have any more questions please ask.

We have the same, perfect solution.

www.aircondirect.co.uk/ct/heating-and-air-conditioning/air-conditioners/portable

To cool your husband down I’d suggest getting some dog cooling mats OP. If he puts one on his back it will cool him down quickly. They aren’t expensive, and really work. I use one as a pillow, and keep a spare one to use when that warms up - they cool down at normal room temperature if you leave them for a while. When it’s really warm, I put them in the fridge before I go to bed, for about an hour,

I have my 20l dehumidifier running every night on the night setting all year round . In the colder months it's keeps the condensation away and in the summer takes the moisture out of the air so I can sleep and be cool. Hot or cold weather effects my breathing but at home using the dehumidifier never have a problem. When out have to use my GT spray.

In the colder months even on night time setting in it dries my washing in the spare room . When using them you need to keep the door shut. It's amazing how much moist there is in the tank of a morning.

I have a rare hereditary neurological condition,PAF and have a small hole in the side of my heart. I know the dehumidifier helps me.

I have to say last night I had very little sleep and when I did finally drop off I awoke suddenly and my heart was absolutely racing, it was quite frightening. This is the first year the heat has affected me like that, I am 82 in September.