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David wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:48 pm I find all this a little weird...I had a fuck off big shed built in Wales ( sobs...had to leave it behind). The only time I had signs of damp was when the roof covering split/ blew off/ leaked.
Never had mould, no vents other than slightly gappy doors, only occasional heat( I had a fire, but you spend more time feeding it than working). Occasionally used a calor heater....so how come I got away with that at the top of a mountain in Wales?

Tricky wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:15 am As you have power in there, my rec would be to get a de-humidifier - it's what I've done at this house for the garage and it's been brilliant- my garage is below the ground level of the house and a good bit of the garden so really does suffer from damp, and as soon as the weather started getting colder my bikes were soaking wet every morning, I fannied around with a greenhouse heater which didn't do it in mine ( might in yours if it's smaller and has better ventilation I guess) , I thought about putting vents in, but bought one of these to try and haven't looked back.
Everything is bone dry ( I'm getting 5 or 6 litres of water out of the air in there every day at the moment ), it warms the garage up a bit , and costs 3/5 of f-all to run

This is the one I bought- it has a tank and auto-shuts off when full, or if you connect a small-bore hose and run it outside so you never have to worry emptying the tank
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/meac ... E2EALw_wcB

Tricky wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 11:36 am Mine's going strong, been on non-stop since I bought it and is brilliant, albeit if I was buying it again for my garage here, I'd get a bigger one, probably the Meaco 20L which we have in the house, as this time of year I have to empty the garage one twice every 24hrs, mainly due to the garage being sort of half underground.
I did try to plumb in the exhaust pipe so I wouldn't ever have to empty the tank but it didn't drain consistently ;- suspect it may have been due to the length of pipe I used and/or height /drop of pipe , but I didn't persevere and just keep emptying the tank so if you get the exhaust working I want to see how you did it!

Skub wrote: Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:33 pm Ha! we'll see when it arrives next week.

What do you reckon the garage Meaco stiffs you to run?

Skub wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:59 pm

Tricky wrote: Wed Feb 23, 2022 9:15 am As you have power in there, my rec would be to get a de-humidifier - it's what I've done at this house for the garage and it's been brilliant- my garage is below the ground level of the house and a good bit of the garden so really does suffer from damp, and as soon as the weather started getting colder my bikes were soaking wet every morning, I fannied around with a greenhouse heater which didn't do it in mine ( might in yours if it's smaller and has better ventilation I guess) , I thought about putting vents in, but bought one of these to try and haven't looked back.
Everything is bone dry ( I'm getting 5 or 6 litres of water out of the air in there every day at the moment ), it warms the garage up a bit , and costs 3/5 of f-all to run

This is the one I bought- it has a tank and auto-shuts off when full, or if you connect a small-bore hose and run it outside so you never have to worry emptying the tank
https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/meac ... E2EALw_wcB

Enough fannying about with a soaking bike,I've just ordered one. Ta for the tip Tricky.

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:07 pm Ditto, popped into the garage for the first time in weeks and everything is sodden.

Count Steer wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:31 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:07 pm Ditto, popped into the garage for the first time in weeks and everything is sodden.

Fortunately, my garage isn't sodden. I don't do anything at all to keep it that way other than stop water getting under the door, the floor is unsealed concrete*. It shares a wall with the house so there's a vague amount of heat getting in. It seems to be all about Dew Point, you can keep it warm and ventilated, you can keep it warm and unventilated, you can let it get cold and let the wind whistle through or you can try and extract all the moisture the climate has to offer. It's all a bit voodoo.

*So, I guess, absorbs moisture.

Skub wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:43 pm

Count Steer wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:31 pm

MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:07 pm Ditto, popped into the garage for the first time in weeks and everything is sodden.

Fortunately, my garage isn't sodden. I don't do anything at all to keep it that way other than stop water getting under the door, the floor is unsealed concrete*. It shares a wall with the house so there's a vague amount of heat getting in. It seems to be all about Dew Point, you can keep it warm and ventilated, you can keep it warm and unventilated, you can let it get cold and let the wind whistle through or you can try and extract all the moisture the climate has to offer. It's all a bit voodoo.

*So, I guess, absorbs moisture.

In my case the danger point is a big change in temperature. For example,if it's been around 5°or 6° for a while,then suddenly we get a mild day and the temp goes up to 14°,that's when the condensation kicks in and that's when the dehumidifier needs to be on.

I've a wireless weather station in the garage which gives me the % of humidity and the ambient temperature,so I keep an eye on both.

I could just run the dehumidifier all the time,I suppose,but this method is working for me at the moment.

Count Steer wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:31 pm you can keep it warm and ventilated, you can keep it warm and unventilated, you can let it get cold and let the wind whistle through or you can try and extract all the moisture the climate has to offer. It's all a bit voodoo.

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:02 pm

Count Steer wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:31 pm you can keep it warm and ventilated, you can keep it warm and unventilated, you can let it get cold and let the wind whistle through or you can try and extract all the moisture the climate has to offer. It's all a bit voodoo.

I usually let the wind blow through and use a 300w tubular heater, which always worked, knocked that on the head when the price of elastictrickery went through the roof.

Last year was a bugger with mould starting to grow on the bike and the garage not being a pleasant place to be, so this year I'm trying a dehumidifier and have gone for a ghetto solution (scaffold protection tubing) to seal up all the gaps around the garage and back door, hopefully it'll cost less to run in the long term than the heater.

PXL_20231204_113600508-EDIT by MrLongbeard, on Flickr

Skub wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:10 pm @MrLongbeard Does the Meaco drain ok when elevated? I've always just sat mine on the floor,but it makes sense to use the drain if it works ok.

I wondered too about it being as effective when raised. Still doing it's job for you?

Rockburner wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:16 pm

Skub wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:10 pm @MrLongbeard Does the Meaco drain ok when elevated? I've always just sat mine on the floor,but it makes sense to use the drain if it works ok.

I wondered too about it being as effective when raised. Still doing it's job for you?

Why would being raised up affect it?

They drain into their own container (unless Mr.L has modified it)

Skub wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:10 pm @MrLongbeard Does the Meaco drain ok when elevated? I've always just sat mine on the floor, but it makes sense to use the drain if it works ok.

I wondered too about it being as effective when raised. Still doing it's job for you?

Rockburner wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 1:16 pm
Why would being raised up affect it?

They drain into their own container (unless Mr.L has modified it)