What are Refrigerant Dehumidifiers Used For?
Dampness in buildings, caused by water leaks or flood damage are often very difficult to detect and treat effectively.
Building reinstatement companies usually have water damage specialists on the team and after they have carried out a damp survey they will be able to determine the extent of the water ingress and the damage it has caused. Before building reinstatement can occur, the water problem has to be dealt with and eradicated before any insurance claim repairs can commence.
Where water is present, whether penetrating damp, rising damp, water damage or flood damage, the reinstatement company or drying specialist first must decide on the most appropriate drying method and deploy the most appropriate drying equipment.
Refrigerant Dehumidifiers are commonly used and most of the UK based building restoration companies dealing with insurance reinstatements will be very familiar with Refrigerant Dehumidifiers. However, they are not always the most effective Dehumidifier to deploy in all cases.
What are the advantages and drawbacks of Refrigerant Dehumidifiers?
Refrigerant Dehumidifiers control humidity and work by drawing in cool, moisture laden air and condensing it from an airborne vapour to liquid water, then collecting the reclaimed water in a receptacle for later disposal. The technology is similar to that used in refrigerators that we use in our homes to keep food cool and fresh, except used in an open environment rather than in a closed ‘box’ like a fridge. However the technology is similar in that both use a Refrigerant to change the temperature property of the environment to beneficial effect.
The use of a Refrigerant Dehumidifier creates a warmer, dryer internal ambient environment that ‘encourages’ the damp within the building fabric to ‘move’ from the wet material to the dryer air. This is a simple movement of moisture in the form of vapour from an area of relative high pressure to an area of relative low pressure. This continues until equilibrium is reached with the surrounding environment. So the drying out of dampness in buildings is far quicker using dehumidifiers rather than relying on the natural drying process.
However, the optimum operating range of temperatures has to be taken into account during the damp survey as Refrigerant dehumidifiers generally operate efficiently at or above 11degrees centigrade. Below this efficiency drops off dramatically and other types of drying equipment should be considered, such as desiccant dehumidifiers. It should be noted that more modern Refrigerant Dehumidifiers may use newer ‘low grain’ refrigerant technology which operates at lower humidifies and temperatures
As always, it is best to trust the judgement and advice of a respected building restoration company that provides a range of water removal and damp proofing services.
Paradigm Reinstatements is based in central Scotland and is one of the UK’s leading water leak detection and damp repair companies. They utilise a wide range of damp testing tools, industry leading expertise to provide expert damp detection and damp proofing services. By doing so, you will sooner have the building restoration work completed and the building reinstated back to full functionality.
Paradigm Reinstatements is one of the leading specialist in the UK regularly appointed by several of the UK’s leading insurance companies to deal with dampness in buildings, removal of water ingress and building reinstatement services.
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