The Advantages of Hiring Portable Dehumidifiers and Dryers

Dehumidifiers for hire (and dryers) can come to the rescue where there is an urgent need to control, reduce, or completely remove moisture, wetness and damp - often in an emergency flooding situation. Read on to find out the advantages of hiring dehumidifiers and dryers.

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Dehumidifiers for hire (and dryers) can come to the rescue where there is an urgent need to control, reduce, or completely remove moisture, wetness and damp - often in an emergency flooding situation; however, most are hired to control damp and condensation that has either gradually built up over time, is part of an industrial or build process; or for the storage of moisture-sensitive products

More about moisture
Condensation is the process whereby water vapour in the atmosphere is returned to its original liquid state. When moisture in this form occurs indoors, the damp and mould this creates is severely unpleasant and can aggravate allergies and ailments and can be catastrophic within certain industrial and business environments.

The good news is that such conditions are easily treated using hired dehumidifiers and dryers.

Hired dehumidifiers can offer numerous benefits:
Simply increasing indoor temperatures to alleviate the problems moisture causes, does not always provide a solution, and in some cases it can make matters worse. A dehumidifier can do a more efficient job and also uses less energy in the process which reduces user costs.

Where the efficient removal of excess moisture allows building work to progress more rapidly, renting a portable dehumidifier is the ideal choice. It can be moved to various locations as and when needed and then returned, leaving a clear space for work to continue.

Where the correct level of moisture is required to store products or improve processes, a hired dehumidifier can create the stable environment needed. The rental of such equipment allows for extra capacity to support existing in-built systems and can be an effective back-up solution for both emergencies and planned maintenance work.

Depending on the size and structure of an organisation, purchasing new equipment can be a long and drawn out process. However renting a dehumidifier means equipment can be delivered on site within a matter of hours.

Some examples of the use of dehumidifiers:
1. Building drying
Drying buildings with dehumidifiers is simply accelerating nature’s own way of drying. Moisture is extracted by using water’s natural tendency to release itself from wet surfaces into dry air. However, relying on warm, dry weather is impractical in the UK and is a long process, so using building dryers and dehumidifiers are essential for minimising the time it takes to prepare wall and floor surfaces for finishing.

2. Storage
Demands are ever-increasing in the relative humidity standards for all storage of food or delicate materials, including: agricultural products, electronic components, sheet steel, paper products, powders, delicate objects, art and antiques.

Archive organisations, museums and those working in records administration need reliable humidity control as the objects and documents they deal with can be extremely valuable. Here, moisture is the most worrying environmental threat.

3. Industrial
During the re-servicing and changing of oil within storage tanks, shot blasting is carried out as a cleaning measure. A special paint lining spray is then applied to prevent rust forming. During this process the tank must be protected from re-rusting (both during and after blasting), by controlling the temperature and humidity level.

4. Fire and water damage
In the case of damage from fire or water, urgent professional action is essential for damage limitation and the clean up process afterwards. Dryers, heaters and fans can be hired to reduce humidity and ventilate polluted air. This can stop corrosion and save buildings, furniture and inventory – minimising restoration costs.

5. Food production
Food production factories often have systems where all of their equipment is thoroughly washed down at the end of every day. This can cause problems the next day if everything is not dry. For example, a cake manufacturing factory that, at the end of the working day, steams down trays and conveyor belts (to remove all food residue), can find that the trays will often still contain moisture the following morning. By removing this moisture over night, the company no longer needs to undertake the arduous and time-consuming routine of manually drying the equipment - which could delay normal production.

Dehumidification is the most energy efficient method of drying available. It offers a significantly lower cost alternative to drying by heating and ventilation – with the added convenience of less equipment on site and no fuel deliveries. Equipment can be operated around the clock if necessary and requires only low levels of supervision. Hiring a dehumidifier is a economical solution for any businesses and organisation with a need for humidity control.

Article submitted by Steve Reeve, Sales Director at Andrews Sykes. Andrews Sykes is the UK's largest specialist dehumidification hire company, with over 25 years’ experience. The company serves virtually all industry sectors using machinery sourced from the world’s top manufacturers.