An effective way to combat the rain is the way many families wonder when the rainy season comes. How to deal with the sweaty floor or how to effectively dehumidify the house below will help you get free, no-cost ways to fight against moisture.
The hot and humid weather causes the floor to have a “sweat” phenomenon that is uncomfortable and significantly affects the life of your family. With these simple, cheap but equally effective moisture-proof tips below will help keep your home dry and clean.
This situation for a long time will rot, stain, corrode materials, damage electronic devices, both reduce the life of the building, and cause loss of aesthetics for the house.
In the hot weather, the floor is marinated and the atmosphere is secret, so many people tend to open the windows and the main door to catch the wind to make the house more airy and expect the wind to dry the floor. But this is a disastrous mistake, high humidity winds blowing into your home only make your place more humid. Ideally, you should limit opening the door, turn on the air conditioner and also do not turn on the fan to keep the house drier.
Close the door to limit moisture.
To face the humidity, many housewives are not afraid to clean regularly to keep the house dry and clean. But even if you wipe with hot water, the house will hardly be less damp. The best way at this time is to use a clean, dry rag to wipe the water on the floor.
If your home has two-way air conditioning, turn on the dry mode. This is a great way to dehumidify and circulate air, ensuring the health of members, especially in homes with small children.
Air conditioners effectively dehumidify.
There are quite a few types of dehumidifiers on the market, if you have the conditions, do not hesitate to buy this machine to use, although it costs a little more electricity, it also helps to keep your house dry. clean. If you do not have the conditions to buy a machine, you can also leave a small charcoal pot in the room, under the chair … to support dehumidification in the house.
Dehumidifiers are also very effective against moisture.
With common areas in the house such as doors, sinks, bathroom doors, besides the carpet, you can also put a few more newspapers to support dehumidification in a short time. This is a good way because not every home has enough replacement carpets for long, wet days.
For closets, corners of houses, and corners of walls that are heavily damp, use a dehumidifier box to limit mold. These desiccant boxes are sold a lot in big supermarkets, Japanese and Korean shops for about 40,000 VND/box, can be used for about 2-4 weeks.
The desiccant box is suitable for use in cabinets and corners of the house to limit mold.
Household items such as chopsticks, bamboo and wooden ladles are easy to mold in humid days. Therefore, after washing the dishes every day, use hot water to rinse them one last time, dry them or arrange them at a distance so that the utensils are dry and hygienic. If you have a few dishwashers at home, don’t forget to use them.
Use hot water or a dishwasher to prevent mold and ensure hygiene.
Turn on electronic devices and leave them in standby mode to limit the influence of steam on items such as televisions, DVD players, computers….
To avoid the bad smell caused by the hot weather, you can use aromatic essential oils in the corner of the house. It is recommended to use light scents such as lavaneder, lemon to have the most pleasant aroma in the house.
Fragrant essential oils help the house not smell, uncomfortable.
In areas that often use water such as doors, kitchen sinks, bathroom doors, etc., you should use carpet cleaning and put some newspapers to support better dehumidification. Newspapers will help absorb moisture in a short time, but it will be effective if your carpet has not been dry during long humid days.
If you don’t have the conditions to buy a dehumidifier, you can use charcoal in the room or under the chair….it will support very good dehumidification.
However, you only leave the charcoal in the room, absolutely do not burn them. For homes with active children, to avoid children taking it out to play, you should put coal under the bed, under the chair or in places that are less attractive to children.
During peak days, you can buy 10-15kg of quicklime and put it in paper or wooden crates and then put it in the corner of the wall, corner of the room, under the table or chair. When the weather is humid, you just need to open the lid of the box, it will help absorb moisture significantly. This is a simple way to do, easy to do, but you need to be careful if you have children at home.
In humid days you should limit washing clothes, if it is not too dirty. Because after washing, you keep drying your clothes and you will always have a wet discount, not to mention there is an unpleasant odor. If washing, give priority to machine washing and choose the ultra-dry spin mode. Fabric softener is also a savior you should use in humid weather like this.
Lighting candles is a very interesting method that you should try. Use scented candles to light both to reduce humidity, reduce odors in the house, but also to be romantic. This is a way few people notice but very effective. It helps keep your room dry, but it also puts your mind at ease.
Not only should the doors and windows be closed at all times, but the gaps in your home should also be sealed. It will help limit humid air from entering the house causing additional uncomfortable humidity.
Humidity causes discomfort and greatly affects daily life. So everyone is looking for a way to fight the heat. However, the more resistant to moisture, the more it is due to some of the following mistakes:
Humid weather will be common in the northern region, especially Hanoi from February to April every year . The duration of each wave lasts a few days, but sometimes it lasts for several weeks. Only when the northeast monsoon comes in can this unpleasant weather situation be stopped or changed.
The phenomenon of rain will take place at its peak in March, on average, only in that month, there will be 4-5 waves of different lengths and short periods of humidity.
Due to the cold and dry weather that lasts for many days, the temperature of the ground surface and floor is very low. Then the wind brings moist and moist air from the sea to the land, this warm air mass has a relatively high dew point temperature, while the surface and floor temperature is still lower than the dew point temperature of the sea. the air because it has not caught up with the air temperature, and thus water stagnation has occurred.
In fact, there is currently no effective measure that can completely overcome the phenomenon of swelling. So with the tips and tricks suggested above, hopefully it will help your home stay dry and comfortable.