With modern life and building practices, properties are becoming more airtight for ‘thermal efficiency’, which while true, its also a false economy. By trapping the warm air in the property, you are also keeping in all the moisture; the main issue with this is that air with high water vapour content takes much more energy […]
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A common misconception that we come across is how Relative Humidity (RH) relates to damp issues. Relative Humidity is a sliding scale, which represents how much of the air is saturated with at the current temperature. As air heats up it can hold more water as it expands, meaning that the saturation level decrease […]
Following on from our previous blog on Subterranean Ventilation (https://www.vapourflow.com/cellar-subterranean-ventilation-guide/), the needs of a cellar to be able to store wine are more complex, yet very achievable with a change to our standard cellar ventilation system. The storage of wine requires the control of two main parameters; the temperature and humidity. The ideal temperature range […]
With the increased need for living space within existing properties, there has been a surge in the conversion of subterranean areas. With this surge, there has been a higher need for the correct ventilation to both dry and control the humidity issues that are prevalent within these areas. The needs of subterranean ventilation are more […]