If you have noticed condensation, damp or mould in your home, you may be wondering if you should buy or hire a dehumidifier. It might be that you want to see if a dehumidifier can remove moisture from the air in your home before you commit to buying one, and that’s completely understandable. So here’s our quick guide to dehumidifiers, how they can help and what you can expect to pay to hire the equipment.
A wide range of dehumidifiers
Dehumidifiers are standard pieces of home maintenance equipment. You don’t need an industrial dehumidifier for your home – there are plenty out there that are specially designed for domestic use. There are two types of unit: Refrigerant or condenser dehumidifiers which pass the air in your home over cold coils which condense the moisture in the air and collect the water drops in an integral tank; and dessicant dehumidifiers, which pass the air over material which absorbs the moisture.
Hire a dehumidifier for your home
It’s easy to rent a dehumidifier. Just find a specialist supplier like Meaco UK, which has an extensive range of high quality, cost-effective dehumidifiers that you can hire. We’ll help you choose the right model, take you through the process and give you all the advice you need, so you can rest assured that you’ll get the right dehumidifier for your needs.
Hiring a dehumidifier is a great way to help to manage:
- Flood damage in your home – for unexpected flooding that causes your home to be more humid than usual, choosing to hire a dehumidifier will give you immediate results and a head-start to returning your home to normal.
- Cold weather – if you’re discovering that colder weather is showing up the humid air in your home, causing condensation and damp, specialist hire of equipment like a dehumidifier is an ideal way to attack the problem.
- Extractor fan failure – good ventilation is key to removing general moisture from the air in your home, improving air quality. That’s why they are recommended particularly in bathrooms and kitchens. If your extractor fans fail, you will be putting much greater humidity and moisture into the air. Deciding to hire a dehumidifier can help you to manage this issue until your extractor fans are repaired.
- Drying plastering and decorating – when you need to dry the air in your home temporarily, you can hire products like dehumidifiers to help get things moving faster.
Rent a dehumidifier or buy one?
Deciding to hire equipment like a dehumidifier is often a good idea to tackle a particular problem cost effectively. You can hire products in the short term, but if you have a longer-term problem with moisture, damp or mould in your home, it might be better to buy a dehumidifier.
Far more affordable to buy than you might think, and energy-efficient to run on a daily basis (you probably won’t need to run your dehumidifier every day of the year), this is a great way to remove moisture from the air in your home quietly and efficiently. It improves your air quality, helps to tackle problems with dust mites – both of which are good for your overall health – and reduces the relative humidity in your home as soon as you plug it in.
We offer a prompt dehumidifier hire service – if you live in the UK, your dehumidifier will be with you the next morning. This offers an excellent solution if you want to hire a dehumidifier to help with damp following light to heavy flooding, or for drying rooms out following plastering or decorating, and properties that have been recently developed, extended or refurbished.
For example, hire the Meaco 30L Commercial dehumidifier. This 30 litre dehumidifier, available for immediate hire on a weekly basis, comes with a continuous drainage hose and a safety RCD adaptor and efficient delivery within 24 hours.
For humidity issues that require a larger capacity dehumidifier, why not talk to us about the Meaco 40L industrial dehumidifier? We can advise you on the best choice for your needs – just call us on 01483 234900.
