What is dampness? 10 effective ways to prevent dampness in the house

The weather in the Northeast is starting to get humid, affecting people's health and causing inconvenience in their daily lives. So, how to overcome the humidity in the house? The following article will show you some tips to prevent humidity and sweating in the house with available, cheap things, please refer to it.

Table of Contents

• What is Nom?
• Wrong ways to make the floor more slippery when it's humid
• Simple and effective ways to prevent dampness
  • 1. Always keep the door closed
  • 2. Should wipe the floor with a dry cloth
  • 3. Turn on the air conditioner in dehumidifying mode
  • 4. Use a dehumidifier
  • 5. Use moisture-absorbing materials
  • 6. Prevent mold in wardrobes and corners of the house
  • 7. Prevent mold and disinfect utensils with hot water
  • 8. Leave electronics on standby
  • 9. Use essential oils
  • 10. Quicklime helps keep the house dry and airy.

What is Nom?

Humidity is a weather phenomenon in which the humidity of the air rises to 90%, leading to condensation of water vapor in the air and then condensing on the surface of objects such as floors, mirrors, walls, etc., causing clothes to take longer to dry, and food and electronic devices to be easily damaged.

Wrong ways to make the floor more slippery when it's humid

The appearance of humid weather causes discomfort and inconvenience to people's daily activities. Therefore, to avoid humidity in the house, people often find different ways to prevent humidity in the house.

However, many people make mistakes that make the more they fight against humidity, the more humid it becomes. Below are things to avoid when fighting against humidity in the house, everyone should pay attention to avoid making mistakes.

• Open the door wide when it's humid: Opening the door wide when it's humid allows more humid air from outside to flow into the house, making the floor and objects sweat more easily.
• Close the door and turn on the fan to dry: Turning on the fan will cause the water vapor to condense, making your house even more humid.
• Actively clean the house in the usual way. In fact, when the weather is humid, the floor is already wet, mopping the floor with a damp cloth will make it even wetter and this amount of water cannot evaporate when the air is saturated.

Simple and effective ways to prevent dampness

1. Always keep the door closed

When the weather is humid, the floors and walls are always damp, the stuffy air makes us feel uncomfortable with this type of weather and often find a way to open all the doors in the house to help escape this situation and make the house more airy. But in fact, this is a completely wrong and harmful thing to do, because the winds blowing in this weather often carry high humidity, when you open the door, the wind blowing in will make the house more humid. Therefore, it is best when this humid weather occurs that you should close all the doors to help the house be drier.

2. Should wipe the floor with a dry cloth

In humid weather, your house is often damp, so instead of wiping with a wet cloth, you should wipe the floor with a dry, clean cloth to wipe off all the moisture on the floor. If you really need to clean the house with a wet cloth, use a cotton towel to wring it out thoroughly before wiping, then use a dry, clean cloth to wipe again immediately to prevent the house from getting wet and damp.

3. Turn on the air conditioner in dehumidifying mode

In this humid weather, turning on the air conditioner is probably the most effective method and helps your house escape the moldy condition. When turning on the air conditioner, you should note to turn on the air conditioner in dehumidifying mode so that the air conditioner can help dehumidify the air, at the same time this method also helps circulate air in the house and ensure the health of all family members, especially young children.

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4. Use a dehumidifier

If you do not want to use air conditioning, you can completely replace it with a dehumidifier to help the air in your home become drier. Currently on the market there are many lines of dehumidifiers with prices ranging from 4 to 7 million VND, you will have a dehumidifier for your family. The dehumidifier has a compact design, good moisture absorption, suitable for all living spaces of families.

5. Use moisture-absorbing materials

If your family does not have the conditions to use air conditioning or dehumidifiers, then dehumidifying materials such as charcoal, lime, old newspapers or dry towels are excellent dehumidifying materials, widely available on the market, the price is quite cheap but the anti-humidity effect is not inferior to the above air conditioning or dehumidifiers. However, these dehumidifying materials will not be good if your family has small children.

If you use charcoal, you just need to put the charcoal in a small pot, let it dry like that and place it in a corner of the house. The charcoal will automatically absorb all the moisture in the house.

Besides, you can also use lime, with 10-15kg of quicklime, you put it in a wooden barrel with a lid and place it under the bed or in the corner of the room. When the weather is very humid, or the house is very wet, we open the lid of the lime barrel. However, to ensure safety, you should put the lime in a very discreet place and away from children.

For common and easily damp areas of the house such as doors, sinks, bathroom doors, in addition to the cleaning mat, you can also place a few newspapers to help absorb moisture in a short time. This is a good way because not every house has enough replacement cleaning mats during long humid days.

6. Prevent mold in wardrobes and corners of the house

Damp wardrobes, corners of the house, and corners of the wall are difficult problems and make us extremely uncomfortable. In this case, the best way is to use a desiccant box to limit mold. You can buy these desiccant boxes at some large supermarkets, or stores selling Japanese and Korean goods for about 40,000 VND/box, and the usage time is about 2 - 4 weeks. The characteristic of the desiccant box is that it absorbs moisture into the particles inside and turns it into a gel form that is very clean and convenient.

7. Prevent mold and disinfect utensils with hot water

In this humid weather, items such as chopsticks, ladles, and mats made of bamboo and wood are often prone to mold. Therefore, after washing dishes every day, rinse them with hot water one last time, dry them or arrange them in a space so that the items are dry and clean. If you have a dish dryer at home, don't forget to use it.

8. Leave electronics on standby

Wet weather is the cause of electronic devices being easily damaged and short-circuited. To overcome this situation, you need to plug the device in standby mode continuously. In addition, you should also keep the machine running for a few hours each day. In addition, to avoid electric leakage, people should avoid placing electrical appliances directly on the floor or wall. It is best to place electrical devices about 1 meter above the ground and 10-15 cm away from the wall.

9. Use essential oils

In this humid weather, mold often appears and gives off a very unpleasant smell in your house. To eliminate this bad smell, the best way is to use aromatic essential oils in the corner of the room. You should use light scents such as lavender, lemon to make the house smell most pleasant.

10. Quicklime helps keep the house dry and airy.

You can buy 10-15kg of quicklime and put it in paper or wooden boxes. On humid days, you can place these boxes in the corners of the house, under the table and open the lid. They will help absorb some of the humidity in the air. If you have small children, make sure they don’t touch these boxes.

Hopefully, the above tips will help you effectively prevent dampness on your floor.