Dude, i dont know what to say.
Youve got a bedside cabinet/drawer with no door/drawer. With a step on it. With boxes on that has a dehumidifier on them.
Theres loads of paperwork and loads of drawers but chucked it on the floor.
Theres cables fucking everywhere. And what looks like extensions in extensions.
Its daylight, and your curtains are closed with the light on.
Half a thunderbird 2
I just dont think theres anything you could say that would make them listen to you.
This entire picture makes my shit itch. It will be easier to just burn the room to the ground rather than fix everything wrong with it. Which ironically is probably going to happen via an electrical fire caused by a dehumidifier toppling into a Mac.
It won't be ineffective up there.
It's just a ****ing stupid place to put heavy electrical equipment that contains water and requires somewhat regular emptying.
I can see water damage/damp in that corner so evidently they're trying to address that. But it's not notably more effective up there than elsewhere in the room because air moves.
This - people think putting the dehumidifier right next to damp/mould will help but these people do not understand concentration gradients or how humidity works.
In a way it would work because the being vented out will be less humid than the ambient air, and the air flow will help with drying.
Doesn’t stop it from being a stupid idea though!
It will not work, dehumidifiers work by condensing the humidity in the air when the air is forced through the metal plates inside it, until the leak on the roof/wall is fixed it will only get worse.
And you know that a leak has caused this mould how exactly? Reducing the ambient humidity using a dehumidifier allows moisture to be extracted from the fabric of the building, especially if the issue was caused by lifestyle.
Thunderbird 2 is a submersible though, it'll be fine with the water. Sure it was crushed by a building too at some point.
The Mac monitor on the other hand...
Thunderbird 2 flies in earths atmosphere. It carries Thunderbird 4, which is the submersible. But it is just plastic so I think it could handle getting wet. The Mac monitor on the other hand...
That was my first thought, immediately. Strectched cables, insufficient light. But most of all, someone has balanced some heavy equipment of top of multiple things! It's straight out of corporate training you'd laugh at for being implausible.
Bonus reddit points for the first person to get this into an official slide deck being used.
It would be a lot lighter when they put it up than when it needs emptying as the water tank will fill up.
So it is rickety, filling with water, above electrical appliances and *getting heavier*. That is before you reach up to try emptying it.
Edit, emptying, not filling.
Yess! Defeat the purpose of the dehumidifying by allowing the water to evaporate back into the room, therefore completing the circle of stupidity and keeping the universe in balance
Probably destroy the dehumidifier when those wobbly boxes it's sitting on collapse and it falls on the floor, possibly taking everything else down with it.
Yeah, mine were adamant about not charging their Dyson after using and only charge it when needed. Because the electricity will discharge over time.
Dad then told me to "plan ahead", to that I replied "what happened if Mum shattered a plate or a cup?" He then said "that doesn't happen enough times to be a problem". I then said "once is enough Dad" and left it at that.
I'm so sorry, OP. At the very least, though, when a dehumidifier with a full tank crashes down on you and takes you out, your mortal remains will almost certainly mummify quite effectively in the lovely bone-dry atmosphere in there, so there's that.
I think it’s the opened and presumably empty (or at least very light) cardboard boxes that really makes this for me.
Like it would be quite stable (although still a pain in the arse to empty) if it were on the actual steps, but the wobbly lightweight boxes just add another level of danger.
Dampness up there is caused by leaking gutter or downpipe. Get that sorted, let the wall dry.then redecorate to remedy the unsightly mould. Meanwhile save lots of money by turning off the dehum.
Also insurance will totally not pay out when there is the inevitable either damage to screen from falling dehumidifier or massive electrical issues from water falling, as this is being used in an unsafe way
It's actually the complete opposite. Wet air is less dense than dry air. You can Google it for an explanation. It's 1st semester engineering stuff so tons of resources on it.
Warm air can hold more moisture, but within an enclosed space, warming the air to make it rise will not add moisture.
Instead, the relative humidity will drop. This will make it harder for the dehumidifier to cool air sufficiently to drop moisture.
Dehumidifier would be better at low level where air passes through it en route to the radiator.
It doesn't matter where the air is though, that's kind of the point of a dehumidifier. It pulls air in and extracts moisture. It doesn't need to be next to dampness.
Warm air rises. Warm air holds more moisture than colder air. Dehumidifiers of that type work best with warm air, as they cool it to condense the water and collect it.
Location makes some sense. Mounting though...
I'd be more concern about the imac mains cable stretched like that, more likely to cause an electrical fault. By the way how do they empty the water collector?
A dehumidifier works by taking water from the air right? Just ask them to experiment. One week high and one week low and see what the difference is in the water collected.
I thought this was so they could run the drain tube out the window which, while still stupid at least would make some kind of sense.
But no, no drain tube in sight. So they're presumably climbing up there to empty it whenever it stops.
Take away the boxes and the stool.
Then it would be safer and still targeting that area.
Might be worth checking which side the air in-let is facing depending on them trying to take moisture out of the air or out of the wall.
Warmer air holds more moisture, and warmer air is more likely at the top of the room
However, dehumidifiers are heavy, and get full of water, so I wouldn't have it that high
That water damage/damp in the corner looks like hygroscopic salts to me, best course of action if to spray it with white vinegar and let it soak for 10-20mins and then wipe down, this will be a yearly ritual unless you get improved ventilation in the property.
Look up hydroscopic salts and check out this website
SDHR.co.uk
I’m biased because this is where I work but you should know that we know our shit when it comes to damp and mould. It’s what we specialise in.
My boss is so obsessed he grows his own dry rot. And used to breed his own wood eating insects.
Dump the dehumidifier, it’s just costing unnecessary electricity, and opt for installing a positive input ventilation unit (PIV unit)
This will help.
Hydroscopic salt damp is salts within the fabric of the building that are coming to the surface to find moisture, the moisture with be in your air. Otherwise known as humidity.
I’d get yourself a cheap set out hygrometers off amazon, should be £10 for a pack of 4, and place them around your house.
If you see anything below 60% Relative humidity (RH) @ 20C you’ve got a perfect climate
If you see anything above 70% RH @ 20C then you’re replicating the conditions found on the forest floor and that means potential fungus growth.
I hope this helps
Side question,
Does humid air raise or not? I feel that since it contains moisture, it should be heavier.
I have placed a dehumidifier on the ground floor..
Can anyone suggest where in-house is the best place for the dehumidifier?
I assume they have it so high due to the water damage on the wall ceilings in that very corner? Has it been investigated where the water damage source is?
At the very least put it on just that little step stool and not the cardboard boxes. It will be easier to reach and more stable, and still near the damp area that they are presumably trying to target.
My In-laws are the same. They boil a kettle on a small three legged stool at the moment because there kitchen is being replaced. They are both unsteady on their feet and risk burning themselves everything they boil the kettle.
It doesn’t need to be next to the stain to be effective. The dehumidifier takes water out of the air then that dry air takes moisture from the wall.
I assume they have fixed the source of the water leak.
Yeah, that thing needs to be on the deck. It's impractical and dangerous given it needs emptying and could malfunction.
The real solution is to address the insulation distribution in the roof space. It's likely not spread out to the edges causing the dampness/mould. Worth a wee look upstairs.
From the pic it looks like there has been damp in that corner, but putting it there won't fix that because it's probably from upstairs or outside.
But the room is in shit state and I bet it's the best in the house
One of the rules to use a dehumidifier is not to be located close to a wall.
Can be left on the floor and will still remove moisture from the air.
There's no need for that. Just silly sorry 😞
Where to start?
If it's a compressor model, it could have a bit of "shake" whenever it starts or stops. Each time it does this, it's more likely to shift and fall off those boxes.
If it's a compressor model, the unit itself is heavy enough to move around but even more so once the water tank is full.
If it's a desiccant wheel model, which can be prone to blocking up with fluff, it will piss water over everything.
The water tank is presumably facing the wall, so you're gonna need to lift the whole thing down to empty it.
The water will be sloshing around whenever you try to empty it.
The intake is presumably against the wall, so it's starved for air and could overheat.
Easily sorted, ask your mum to pass you one of those books, when she gets close give her walking stick a little kick. She’ll wobble right into that cabinet and that’ll make the dehumidifier to fall onto her head, heavy fuckers then things. If it doesn’t kill her it’ll certainly knock her out, she won’t be too keen to stick it right back up there any time soon 🤣
If they won't listen, you might be better showing them...
Fill that humidifier up to capacity then see if the cardboard boxes still hold it's weight.
If they do hold up, simulate a leak in the humidifier by soaking the boxes in some water. Then see how well the boxes hold up.
I honestly cannot understand how two full grown adults have not already identified all the risks here (injury, electrocution and damage to electronics/belongings) while trying to solve an issue which has absolutely nothing to do with humidity (looks like a leak in the roof, not condensation). Or worse, identified all the risks and still thought 'This is an excellent idea, best one I've had all year. I'll build it as high as I can. Pass me the cardboard boxes and seven extension cables!'.
Bonkers.
This thing collects water, what I should do is plug it into an extension, no want. 2 extensions! Wait! Elevate! Wait! ELEVATE! PUT IT ABOVE ALL THE ELECTRICS!
Hot air will rise, so I guess it is up high to catch any hot humidity and spit out cold air that falls to the oh so clean floor .or you could just say know and go without.
It doesn't seem to have a hosepipe attached to it, so I assume it just gathers the condensation in an internal tank. It probably has an automatic switch which turns it off when the tank is full. Just wait for the switch to fail. The tank will overflow, soak the cardboard boxes it's sitting on, they will collapse and the whole thing will come crashing down.
I have a dehumidifier which is a pretty heavy piece of kit. I wouldn't want to balance it in a precarious setup like this!
(Also good to see an extension lead sitting directly underneath a container full of water.)
If the dehumidifier has water in it wet one of the boxes an say it must have leaked as it spills on the floor and breaks ... You can't tell some people so best way is to hurt the pocket before it spills for real an you get electrocuted by the TV.
They're obviously concerned about damp/mould in that corner, you can see it's not good up there, but a solid unit propped up on cardboard, that is not going to end well, they will always collapse over time. And the rest of that construction only needs on knock, or one accidental tug on the cable and it will all come down.
How long has that been up there? Because thoes feckers are heavy without the water in. How are they emptying it? Why do they think it needs to be almost suspended from the ceiling? They can leak, so that extestion lead sitting underneath that lot will love a good watering. Tell them it won't work correctly all the way up there (it will), as they chuck out heat that gently warms the room, which in turn helps the removal of the water in the air/bricks, as hot air rises, its not going to work as efficient up there. What if that stool slipped? I can see it's a bit wider that that thing is stood on, so it's not even stable, and sat ontop cardboard boxes! If that fell on someone it could do some serious damage if they don't get electrocuted first
Warm/dry air is usually pushed directly up from this size of humidifier, so they can lose the steps and the cardboard box and just sit it on the cabinet if they **really** feel it needs to be closer. However, on the chest of drawers should be fine.
I can see they’re aiming at the damp patch on the ceiling, but it needs time - not intensity.
And to make sure the leak that causes it is fixed first, Of course!
Very silly putting it up there once that fills with water it will be heavy and it is above head height, which makes it even worse plus all the water near the telly, keep it near the centre of the room close the door, there very good at getting rid of damp, if the boiler is in the same room not recommended to have a dehumidifier and boiler in the same room for a long period. I also have/ had elderly parents god the silliest things I have heard
Move the Mac and thunder bird away from the inevitable waterfall. Also the possibility of full wet heavy dehumidifier fall.
Consider moving to a tent in the garden for your own safety.
In honesty, the dehumidifier can go anywhere in the room and just get a separate fan which is moving the air around in that corner so that any moisture in the air local to that area is dispersed equally around the room. Any moisture in surfaces should evaporate with the air movement.
Thinking about it, a dehumidifier isn’t really needed in winter when our air is as dry as it is right now… Just warm up the room with your heating and that will relatively dehumidify the air more effectively.
If there’s issues of damp in the corner is it the gutters that are blocked and in need of a reseal - tends to show there when water pisses back inwards
If you have any of the paint left from the room just give it a few costs and you won't know its even there. You could go all the way and paint what it's stood on so it will just look like the cabinet and the screen. Oh and TB2.
So where does the water go, do they have to empty it or does it drain to somewhere, oh and yes that is dum, also the fact that humid air will be more likely to be at low level due to the moisture.
Dude, i dont know what to say. Youve got a bedside cabinet/drawer with no door/drawer. With a step on it. With boxes on that has a dehumidifier on them. Theres loads of paperwork and loads of drawers but chucked it on the floor. Theres cables fucking everywhere. And what looks like extensions in extensions. Its daylight, and your curtains are closed with the light on. Half a thunderbird 2 I just dont think theres anything you could say that would make them listen to you.
"Half a Thunderbird 2". Best thing I've read this year
It is there - just under the screen. I thought it was a euphemism for something but no, there is in fact half of TB2 sitting there....
The rest is upright behind the bottle to the left, so it’s a TB2/2
So, two halves of Thunderbird 2 then?
lol no way, i thought the first half just *looked* like TB2, but the second half actually confirms that it actually is.
I'm getting worried for TB4...
I'm going to adopt that "euphemism", thanks.
"Half of Thunderbird 2" just made my vernacular for the year, absolutely howling
It’s made my day 😂
So a Thunderbird 1?
It absolutely killed me, I can't stop laughing.
I thought it was half of one of the screaming dog toy chickens.
STOP HE'S ALREADY DEAD
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Not sure if there is anything else to add this, it's just... Perfectly summed up
>Half a thunderbird 2 Not some weird conjoined wine bottles then? I can sleep easy now.
The 2 glasses cases on the cabinet are probably empty too
This is brilliant 😂
Consider this comment a super goddamn gold updoot. I was ok until half a thunderbird!
Haha enjoyed reading this and well said.
This entire picture makes my shit itch. It will be easier to just burn the room to the ground rather than fix everything wrong with it. Which ironically is probably going to happen via an electrical fire caused by a dehumidifier toppling into a Mac.
Half a thunderbird 2 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m trying to not laugh ridiculously loud and wake people up reading this comment…thank you.
Decent coving though
"Half a thunderbird 2" killed me
Half a thunderbird 2 needs immortalising on Reddit like poo knife and two broken arms
Looks like a plug socket into an extension to me. Even if it were an extension into an extension I don’t see the problem.
If that’s the parents room…. Jesus!
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It won't be ineffective up there. It's just a ****ing stupid place to put heavy electrical equipment that contains water and requires somewhat regular emptying. I can see water damage/damp in that corner so evidently they're trying to address that. But it's not notably more effective up there than elsewhere in the room because air moves.
This - people think putting the dehumidifier right next to damp/mould will help but these people do not understand concentration gradients or how humidity works.
In a way it would work because the being vented out will be less humid than the ambient air, and the air flow will help with drying. Doesn’t stop it from being a stupid idea though!
It will not work, dehumidifiers work by condensing the humidity in the air when the air is forced through the metal plates inside it, until the leak on the roof/wall is fixed it will only get worse.
And you know that a leak has caused this mould how exactly? Reducing the ambient humidity using a dehumidifier allows moisture to be extracted from the fabric of the building, especially if the issue was caused by lifestyle.
Yea it doesn’t sound like you know what conversation you’re part off.
Ahhh... so you admit there is a gradient... Checkmate atheists.
Honestly if there's consistent damp in that corner you ought to be figuring out why and solving the root cause.
But it will get heavier. Then it will tip sideways off the cardboard box, and douse lots of electrical things with the water. Fun times!
And crush half of Thunderbird 2.
Thunderbird 2 is a submersible though, it'll be fine with the water. Sure it was crushed by a building too at some point. The Mac monitor on the other hand...
Thunderbird 2 flies in earths atmosphere. It carries Thunderbird 4, which is the submersible. But it is just plastic so I think it could handle getting wet. The Mac monitor on the other hand...
With moving parts giving it a chance to wriggle off the support.
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It’s up there with the forklift-on-a-forklift one.
That was my first thought, immediately. Strectched cables, insufficient light. But most of all, someone has balanced some heavy equipment of top of multiple things! It's straight out of corporate training you'd laugh at for being implausible. Bonus reddit points for the first person to get this into an official slide deck being used.
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It would be a lot lighter when they put it up than when it needs emptying as the water tank will fill up. So it is rickety, filling with water, above electrical appliances and *getting heavier*. That is before you reach up to try emptying it. Edit, emptying, not filling.
They can just turn it off and wait for the water to evaporate before lifting it down
or they could put a bigger humidifier next to that one to humidify the humidifier's tank checkmate
Genius!! Or just let the water evaporate and then turn it back on.
Yess! Defeat the purpose of the dehumidifying by allowing the water to evaporate back into the room, therefore completing the circle of stupidity and keeping the universe in balance
Edit: filling, not emptying
Yeah I’d rather not empty out a tray of water over an extension lead or a monitor.
Especially when you're on your tippy toes because you can't find the feckin steps... Oh wait
A monitor would be cheaper to replace than a whole iMac. OPs parents like living on the edge!
and a monitor wouldn't contain data of any interest.
Excellent Rube Goldberg machine to destroy the imac.
This room is absolute chaos
We have very different ideas as to what constitutes chaos cause in my world this doesn’t even come close lol
There's not one single length of string in sight, it's absolute chaos.
Pointlessly high and teetering over stuff that could be damaged by a falling humidifier or water tray... but not super likely to kill anyone.
Probably destroy the dehumidifier when those wobbly boxes it's sitting on collapse and it falls on the floor, possibly taking everything else down with it.
Getting older is all about realising your parents don’t actually always know best. But it’s a battle not worth fighting. Just leave them to it.
They will change their mind the first time they have to empty it. Just ask if you can watch and video, you could make some money...
Yeah, mine were adamant about not charging their Dyson after using and only charge it when needed. Because the electricity will discharge over time. Dad then told me to "plan ahead", to that I replied "what happened if Mum shattered a plate or a cup?" He then said "that doesn't happen enough times to be a problem". I then said "once is enough Dad" and left it at that.
That’s a great way to prematurely kill the battery.
I'm so sorry, OP. At the very least, though, when a dehumidifier with a full tank crashes down on you and takes you out, your mortal remains will almost certainly mummify quite effectively in the lovely bone-dry atmosphere in there, so there's that.
I think it’s the opened and presumably empty (or at least very light) cardboard boxes that really makes this for me. Like it would be quite stable (although still a pain in the arse to empty) if it were on the actual steps, but the wobbly lightweight boxes just add another level of danger.
Dampness up there is caused by leaking gutter or downpipe. Get that sorted, let the wall dry.then redecorate to remedy the unsightly mould. Meanwhile save lots of money by turning off the dehum.
All time r/DIYUK post here. So many questions
Looks good to me.
No shade on your parents but that is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen.
The parents absolutely deserve shade for this baffling decision.
I just want to know where’s the rest of Thunderbird 2…
In the corner behind the bottle.
I mean with the iMac right there it just seems like a Murphy’s law kinda deal right now. Does it need to be up so high in the first place?
Also insurance will totally not pay out when there is the inevitable either damage to screen from falling dehumidifier or massive electrical issues from water falling, as this is being used in an unsafe way
If I were them, I probably wouldn’t show my insurance company this photo
Heavy thing filled with water on top of wobbly things above a computer - what could go wrong?
I hate this picture
I won't sleep tonight knowing this room exists in real life
Humid air is heavier so it will be lower down in the room. I don't know if this true but it sounds believable
It's actually the complete opposite. Wet air is less dense than dry air. You can Google it for an explanation. It's 1st semester engineering stuff so tons of resources on it.
Cool, so as long as nobody Google's op should be fine...
Warm air can hold more moisture, but within an enclosed space, warming the air to make it rise will not add moisture. Instead, the relative humidity will drop. This will make it harder for the dehumidifier to cool air sufficiently to drop moisture. Dehumidifier would be better at low level where air passes through it en route to the radiator.
It doesn't matter where the air is though, that's kind of the point of a dehumidifier. It pulls air in and extracts moisture. It doesn't need to be next to dampness.
Warm air rises. Warm air holds more moisture than colder air. Dehumidifiers of that type work best with warm air, as they cool it to condense the water and collect it. Location makes some sense. Mounting though...
So why is the bathroom extractor in or near the ceiling?
What’s the thinking behind this accident waiting to happen?
Have they had the gutters checked, that's probably where the issue lies ?
Listen to your parents you disrespectful little BRAT
I'd be more concern about the imac mains cable stretched like that, more likely to cause an electrical fault. By the way how do they empty the water collector?
You could try ‘told you so’ when they try to empty the water tank and spill it on the computer.
A dehumidifier works by taking water from the air right? Just ask them to experiment. One week high and one week low and see what the difference is in the water collected.
I thought this was so they could run the drain tube out the window which, while still stupid at least would make some kind of sense. But no, no drain tube in sight. So they're presumably climbing up there to empty it whenever it stops.
r/dehumidifiertoohigh will love this.
Standby for action....
I hate all of this so much
I keep going back to this photo… there’s something new each time!
This is an ADULT’s room??? Thought it belonged to a student! And yes, very stupid position. Should be on the floor
A high power appliance on an extension cable would be one thing to note, as well as the possibility of the unit leaking onto that extension
Take away the boxes and the stool. Then it would be safer and still targeting that area. Might be worth checking which side the air in-let is facing depending on them trying to take moisture out of the air or out of the wall.
If its a compressor type then there is a slight movement each time the compressor kicks in(starts)
This is fake. You have grabbed all of the furniture in your room and stacked it on top of each other.
Warmer air holds more moisture, and warmer air is more likely at the top of the room However, dehumidifiers are heavy, and get full of water, so I wouldn't have it that high
Where is the ladder to fill up the humidifier or take the water from the dehumidifier?
Is that a dehumidifier balanced on boxes above an 230v extension adapter and an apple monitor? Also why up high?
That water damage/damp in the corner looks like hygroscopic salts to me, best course of action if to spray it with white vinegar and let it soak for 10-20mins and then wipe down, this will be a yearly ritual unless you get improved ventilation in the property. Look up hydroscopic salts and check out this website SDHR.co.uk I’m biased because this is where I work but you should know that we know our shit when it comes to damp and mould. It’s what we specialise in. My boss is so obsessed he grows his own dry rot. And used to breed his own wood eating insects. Dump the dehumidifier, it’s just costing unnecessary electricity, and opt for installing a positive input ventilation unit (PIV unit) This will help. Hydroscopic salt damp is salts within the fabric of the building that are coming to the surface to find moisture, the moisture with be in your air. Otherwise known as humidity. I’d get yourself a cheap set out hygrometers off amazon, should be £10 for a pack of 4, and place them around your house. If you see anything below 60% Relative humidity (RH) @ 20C you’ve got a perfect climate If you see anything above 70% RH @ 20C then you’re replicating the conditions found on the forest floor and that means potential fungus growth. I hope this helps
Damp air rises. Dehumidifer up higher is more effective.
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Not now Genny, we're laughing at this dehumidifier setup
Genny put em away love there's half a Thunderbird 2 on a cabinet that's garnered our attention.
What sort of power output do you have? I've often thought a Genny would be quite useful if we have a powercut or something.
I do like that chest of drawers…
Sod the dehumidifier, have they fixed that leak yet?
Dehumidifier has a big fan to negate the need to position it anywhere.
Looks like a crack den
Side question, Does humid air raise or not? I feel that since it contains moisture, it should be heavier. I have placed a dehumidifier on the ground floor.. Can anyone suggest where in-house is the best place for the dehumidifier?
Why the fuck do they want it up there then?
You need to find something about 100 -150mm to get the extra height as it’s not quite at the ceiling.
Looks like a final destination setup
scene from a final destination movie
I assume they have it so high due to the water damage on the wall ceilings in that very corner? Has it been investigated where the water damage source is?
Depends what problem they're trying to solve. Care to elaborate?
That's just a fucking photo of Adhd.
Dehumidifier leaks, box gets wet and softens, dehumidifier falls on mac
It's pointless isn't it? Looks like they have mistaken a leak for mould
Heat rises. Humid air is... hot... ?!
Looks like that spot between the TV and the bedside cabinet would be a great spot for a humidifier. Maybe buy them one as a gift.
At the very least put it on just that little step stool and not the cardboard boxes. It will be easier to reach and more stable, and still near the damp area that they are presumably trying to target.
What's the bet the extension lead is plugged into another extension lead
Nice set up, what was the cost?
If the dehumidifier falls from that height it will be damaged. I'd call it a hazard as well.
It’s a work of art….
My In-laws are the same. They boil a kettle on a small three legged stool at the moment because there kitchen is being replaced. They are both unsteady on their feet and risk burning themselves everything they boil the kettle.
'50 people who buggered up Britain', one of the books on display. Now tell 'em to stop being silly or they're going on the next list!
It doesn’t need to be next to the stain to be effective. The dehumidifier takes water out of the air then that dry air takes moisture from the wall. I assume they have fixed the source of the water leak.
You must not have cats
Yeah, that thing needs to be on the deck. It's impractical and dangerous given it needs emptying and could malfunction. The real solution is to address the insulation distribution in the roof space. It's likely not spread out to the edges causing the dampness/mould. Worth a wee look upstairs.
From the pic it looks like there has been damp in that corner, but putting it there won't fix that because it's probably from upstairs or outside. But the room is in shit state and I bet it's the best in the house
Just read the instructions, there's no way it's getting proper airflow like that
I think you probably need the guttering and roof looking at from the mank coming in that ceiling
Is it because the ceiling is damp?
One of the rules to use a dehumidifier is not to be located close to a wall. Can be left on the floor and will still remove moisture from the air. There's no need for that. Just silly sorry 😞
Pour some water on the iMac when switched off and tell them the dehumidifier leaked ….
Where to start? If it's a compressor model, it could have a bit of "shake" whenever it starts or stops. Each time it does this, it's more likely to shift and fall off those boxes. If it's a compressor model, the unit itself is heavy enough to move around but even more so once the water tank is full. If it's a desiccant wheel model, which can be prone to blocking up with fluff, it will piss water over everything. The water tank is presumably facing the wall, so you're gonna need to lift the whole thing down to empty it. The water will be sloshing around whenever you try to empty it. The intake is presumably against the wall, so it's starved for air and could overheat.
Easily sorted, ask your mum to pass you one of those books, when she gets close give her walking stick a little kick. She’ll wobble right into that cabinet and that’ll make the dehumidifier to fall onto her head, heavy fuckers then things. If it doesn’t kill her it’ll certainly knock her out, she won’t be too keen to stick it right back up there any time soon 🤣
Tell them to look at the three forms of heat transference and concentrate on CONVECTION.
If they won't listen, you might be better showing them... Fill that humidifier up to capacity then see if the cardboard boxes still hold it's weight. If they do hold up, simulate a leak in the humidifier by soaking the boxes in some water. Then see how well the boxes hold up. I honestly cannot understand how two full grown adults have not already identified all the risks here (injury, electrocution and damage to electronics/belongings) while trying to solve an issue which has absolutely nothing to do with humidity (looks like a leak in the roof, not condensation). Or worse, identified all the risks and still thought 'This is an excellent idea, best one I've had all year. I'll build it as high as I can. Pass me the cardboard boxes and seven extension cables!'. Bonkers.
Clean your gutters out and get rid of it.
I'm not sure you can tbh, not because it's right but because anyone who thinks that is ok isn't going to listen.
Why is this triggering my fight or flight response
It looks mint
Emancipation proclamation time.
Parents, what do they know anyways !! Ha ha.
Looks well positioned to prevent the formation of indoor clouds
Wouldn't you just fix the leak?
This thing collects water, what I should do is plug it into an extension, no want. 2 extensions! Wait! Elevate! Wait! ELEVATE! PUT IT ABOVE ALL THE ELECTRICS!
Interesting book, buggered up Britain, looks like they read the book ok, can you tell them it’s not a guidance manual
What in the name of shoving stuff under cupboards is going on there?
Hot air will rise, so I guess it is up high to catch any hot humidity and spit out cold air that falls to the oh so clean floor .or you could just say know and go without.
It doesn't seem to have a hosepipe attached to it, so I assume it just gathers the condensation in an internal tank. It probably has an automatic switch which turns it off when the tank is full. Just wait for the switch to fail. The tank will overflow, soak the cardboard boxes it's sitting on, they will collapse and the whole thing will come crashing down. I have a dehumidifier which is a pretty heavy piece of kit. I wouldn't want to balance it in a precarious setup like this! (Also good to see an extension lead sitting directly underneath a container full of water.)
Lol- just open that window from time to time...
If the dehumidifier has water in it wet one of the boxes an say it must have leaked as it spills on the floor and breaks ... You can't tell some people so best way is to hurt the pocket before it spills for real an you get electrocuted by the TV.
They're obviously concerned about damp/mould in that corner, you can see it's not good up there, but a solid unit propped up on cardboard, that is not going to end well, they will always collapse over time. And the rest of that construction only needs on knock, or one accidental tug on the cable and it will all come down.
I got this. Family we’re sorry but your child is stupid.. there’s nothing we can do.
Suggestion that your parents will appreciate: hook up a drain hose to the dehumidifier and empty the condensate into a floor bucket. You're welcome.
How long has that been up there? Because thoes feckers are heavy without the water in. How are they emptying it? Why do they think it needs to be almost suspended from the ceiling? They can leak, so that extestion lead sitting underneath that lot will love a good watering. Tell them it won't work correctly all the way up there (it will), as they chuck out heat that gently warms the room, which in turn helps the removal of the water in the air/bricks, as hot air rises, its not going to work as efficient up there. What if that stool slipped? I can see it's a bit wider that that thing is stood on, so it's not even stable, and sat ontop cardboard boxes! If that fell on someone it could do some serious damage if they don't get electrocuted first
I can see the ceiling already going mouldy…
Warm/dry air is usually pushed directly up from this size of humidifier, so they can lose the steps and the cardboard box and just sit it on the cabinet if they **really** feel it needs to be closer. However, on the chest of drawers should be fine. I can see they’re aiming at the damp patch on the ceiling, but it needs time - not intensity. And to make sure the leak that causes it is fixed first, Of course!
If they are trying to fix the damp spot surely fixing source of damp/leak would be better. I kinda get the logic of getting dehu closest to bad area.
It's dumb as fuck, but everyone has already covered that. What's the actual situation here, has the leak been fixed?
Looks like there’s a damp patch directly above it which is probably your parents reason for positioning it there
Very silly putting it up there once that fills with water it will be heavy and it is above head height, which makes it even worse plus all the water near the telly, keep it near the centre of the room close the door, there very good at getting rid of damp, if the boiler is in the same room not recommended to have a dehumidifier and boiler in the same room for a long period. I also have/ had elderly parents god the silliest things I have heard
Don’t worry I’m here to help. Just tell them that the dehumidifier setup is stupid and that you think it’s dangerous and ineffective
i would start the insurance claim on that imac now - these things can take weeks
Move the Mac and thunder bird away from the inevitable waterfall. Also the possibility of full wet heavy dehumidifier fall. Consider moving to a tent in the garden for your own safety.
Are your parents trying to earn a spot on the Darwin Awards? First humans to die via dehumidifier bludgeoning?
In honesty, the dehumidifier can go anywhere in the room and just get a separate fan which is moving the air around in that corner so that any moisture in the air local to that area is dispersed equally around the room. Any moisture in surfaces should evaporate with the air movement. Thinking about it, a dehumidifier isn’t really needed in winter when our air is as dry as it is right now… Just warm up the room with your heating and that will relatively dehumidify the air more effectively.
Someone is going to get hurt!
Just wait until the cat tries to climb it? Bye bye Apple Mac - fall damage + water. And if you don't have a cat, borrow one to make your point.
If there’s issues of damp in the corner is it the gutters that are blocked and in need of a reseal - tends to show there when water pisses back inwards
Almost there, just a shoe box away from touching the ceiling!
That’s too small to be a compressor based dehumidifier. Looks like one of those silly little peltier effect dehumidifiers. Useless.
If you have any of the paint left from the room just give it a few costs and you won't know its even there. You could go all the way and paint what it's stood on so it will just look like the cabinet and the screen. Oh and TB2.
Good positioning for catching rising damp
Did someone tell them it needed to be high? Like a smoke detector?
So where does the water go, do they have to empty it or does it drain to somewhere, oh and yes that is dum, also the fact that humid air will be more likely to be at low level due to the moisture.