When speaking to customers, the most common issue which comes up is their current extractor fan is inefficient at clearing the condensation in their homes. The most common extractor fans are activated by light switch or pull-cord, the issue with the manual design of the fan is that they only switch on when you tell […]
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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 […]
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 […]
According to a study conducted by the World Health Organisation, “In Europe, an estimated 10–50% (depending on the country) of the indoor environments where human beings live, work and play are damp. Too much moisture makes a home stuffy and gives it a faint odour. Humid walls create a coldness that makes more heating necessary […]