Heater or dehumidifier recommendations

[Ftp321]

I've just completely redone my own place complete renovation, I can't get the heating on until December, sprayed it all out yesterday I'm concerned about moisture and and mould got a new Oak kitchen coming on Monday don't want moisture getting into it and the doors swelling etc, any recommendations on on some good off-the-shelf heaterssomething that I could get today from Screwfix or Toolstation or would I be better with a dehumidifier, it's a large area

Cheers

 

[Topspread16]

I’d hire the red heaters and de hummiddy for a couple of week. Set off now you might catch hire shop before it shuts.

 

[lurpak]

Some house that

 

[Deleted member 32554]

If the kitchen is in one end can you prop up a plastic curtain to section it off, put a dehum n heater in both areas
Don't go overboard with the heating , nice and slow

 

[Deleted member 32554]

Go to quickly and you may get board cracks on cieling as heat rises up their may be hotter than you think

 

[John j]

Are you meant to leave oak in room for a while any way. Or is that just flooring

 

[Ftp321]

Some house that

It's a bungalow mate I've knocked nearly every wall out it's a wonder it's still standing

 

[Deleted member 32554]

Are you meant to leave oak in room for a while any way. Or is that just flooring

Any unsealed wood to acclimatise , as the wood dries out it may distort with great strength , stud is put straight in and noggins help stop misshape , hence board cracking later on
Have I mentioned the advantage of mid joists ceiling boarding before ?

 

[John j]

Any unsealed wood to acclimatise , as the wood dries out it may distort with great strength , stud is put straight in and noggins help stop misshape , hence board cracking later on
Have I mentioned the advantage of mid joists ceiling boarding before ?

To tired

 

[Deleted member 32554]

To tired

 

[Danny]

I've just completely redone my own place complete renovation, I can't get the heating on until December, sprayed it all out yesterday I'm concerned about moisture and and mould got a new Oak kitchen coming on Monday don't want moisture getting into it and the doors swelling etc, any recommendations on on some good off-the-shelf heaterssomething that I could get today from Screwfix or Toolstation or would I be better with a dehumidifier, it's a large areaView attachment 41490
Cheers

Nice you will want to get some heat in there to try and get teh excess moisture out especially as you are not living in there yet

 

[Ftp321]

Nice you will want to get some heat in there to try and get teh excess moisture out especially as you are not living in there yet

I've put four of these in pretty good for £40 not looking forward to the electric bill

 

[lurpak]

I've put four of these in pretty good for £40 not looking forward to the electric bill

speaking of electric bills, anymore leg pics?

 

[Ftp321]

speaking of electric bills, anymore leg pics?

I'll sort some out mate when the Mrs goes to sleep

 

[ChrispyUK]

It's a bungalow mate I've knocked nearly every wall out it's a wonder it's still standing

So you are actually 81yrs old then Tom!

 

[Ftp321]

So you are actually 81yrs old then Tom!

I've had a couple of bungalows now, I found it's hard to sleep at first f****** weird bit like how gorillas sleep up trees,
But now I like the idea of it can't get trapped upstairs in a fire kids can't fall out of upstairs windows

 

[ChrispyUK]

I've had a couple of bungalows now, I found it's hard to sleep at first f****** weird bit like how gorillas sleep up trees,
But now I like the idea of it can't get trapped upstairs in a fire kids can't fall out of upstairs windows

Each to their own Tom. Its all good mate

 

[Ftp321]

Anyone tried one of these

 

[Mos]

Anyone tried one of these

This is what I discovered:

Every electric heater is 100% efficient, however you want a convection heater when drying plasterer so the heat spreads evenly.

A higher air temperature increases the ability of air to carry (more) water vapour. This is called relative humidity. So if the amount of vapor in the air remains constant, and we increase it's temperature, the RH will drop (ie it will free up capacity in the air for more vapor to occupy).

The water in the plaster will therefore have a greater tendency to leave the plaster and enter the air.

RH can also be lowered by simply extracting the water from the air and this will also free up water vapour capacity in the air again causing the water in the plaster to have a greater tendency to leave and enter the air.

Ideally you would not use a heater at all, just a dehumidifier, because this will not compromise the chemical reaction within the plaster as it sets,
but a heater will reduce the time it takes for the dehumidifier to extract the water out of the plaster. If it's cold like at this time of year go for an oil radiator in the middle of the room. They're cheap, safe, gentle and pretty much all convection. The blowers are okay, but be careful not to force hot air directly at particular areas which could cause them to dry out unevenly leading to cracking or in extreme cases dry out the water before the chemical reaction is complete.

 

[Topspread16]

In laymen’s terms, put theaters on, leave windows thopen and don’t put wood in thole. Is that right @The Hobo

 

[MIXERMAN]

I been using 2k blowers for years .I put it on to dry it out for painting.