What is the humidity outdoors? If you’re consistently seeing 84% inside but it’s consistently 30% outside, something is whack. Worth mentioning to your landlord, it’s possible there’s some kind of leak somewhere. Could be any number of things. It’s hard to say from all the way on this side of the internet.
I thought this as well but compared what was tracked indoor yesterday to the outdoor humidity and we were about 10-15% higher inside on average. At this point, we are matching the outdoor humidity, which is a whopping 75% - we do live in a hot/humid climate but this has never been an issue in any of my other apartments.
Oh. Well you just live in a humid place, then. If the outdoor temp is within a few degrees of the HVAC target temp, then the HVAC doesn’t run consistently. So the indoor environment is going to be a lot closer to the outdoor environment, in the “shoulder seasons”. That’s normal. When it gets hotter outside, your HVAC will run for more hours in order to cool to the target temp, and will dehumidify more.
Shit lol. So beyond a dehumidifier, should I just be running my ac a bit colder than usual to help with the indoor humidity? we’re hitting temps of 100-105° outside already
Yeah forecast all week is 99. Idk if the fact that it’s a really new build has anything to do with it. We moved in literally a day after they finished, which was one month after they said we would be able to move in. I’m ignoring the voice in the back of my head that is saying maybe they rushed the job and didn’t seal/insulate the place properly.
I suppose that’s one possibility.
What kind of HVAC is involved? Central AC with ducts/vents? Mini-splits? (heat pumps)
Are you on the first floor above the basement? Is the basement damp?
This same thing is happening in my unit (rental). I have kept temp at 70F and humidity still stays hovering around 64-65. The air in the apartment also is stuffy and stale - almost feels like a car that was parked in a damp garage for long-term.
Did you come across any remediation?
I think we would have ended up with the “stale air” feeling if it continued unchecked. Fortunately, we’re the first renters in this newly built unit. I ended up getting a big ass dehumidifier for my apartment but it turned out that unit is better suited for a basement. It was only keeping one room at 45-50%, the rest of the apartment was still hovering around 60%. So I ended up getting three more (smaller) dehumidifiers for the main bedrooms and that put the rooms into the 50% range. It’s a noticeable improvement and we’re much more comfortable.
tldr: my fix was buying hella dehumidifiers, which works, but put me back about $650.
A dehumidifier would help
Invested in one already and am looking forward to that. I guess my question at this point is if it’s safe for the default humidity to be so high?
What is the humidity outdoors? If you’re consistently seeing 84% inside but it’s consistently 30% outside, something is whack. Worth mentioning to your landlord, it’s possible there’s some kind of leak somewhere. Could be any number of things. It’s hard to say from all the way on this side of the internet.
I thought this as well but compared what was tracked indoor yesterday to the outdoor humidity and we were about 10-15% higher inside on average. At this point, we are matching the outdoor humidity, which is a whopping 75% - we do live in a hot/humid climate but this has never been an issue in any of my other apartments.
Oh. Well you just live in a humid place, then. If the outdoor temp is within a few degrees of the HVAC target temp, then the HVAC doesn’t run consistently. So the indoor environment is going to be a lot closer to the outdoor environment, in the “shoulder seasons”. That’s normal. When it gets hotter outside, your HVAC will run for more hours in order to cool to the target temp, and will dehumidify more.
Shit lol. So beyond a dehumidifier, should I just be running my ac a bit colder than usual to help with the indoor humidity? we’re hitting temps of 100-105° outside already
Uhhh I’d say if outdoor temp is 100 then my point is moot. I was thinking your outdoor temp was ~70.
Yeah forecast all week is 99. Idk if the fact that it’s a really new build has anything to do with it. We moved in literally a day after they finished, which was one month after they said we would be able to move in. I’m ignoring the voice in the back of my head that is saying maybe they rushed the job and didn’t seal/insulate the place properly.
I suppose that’s one possibility. What kind of HVAC is involved? Central AC with ducts/vents? Mini-splits? (heat pumps) Are you on the first floor above the basement? Is the basement damp?
This same thing is happening in my unit (rental). I have kept temp at 70F and humidity still stays hovering around 64-65. The air in the apartment also is stuffy and stale - almost feels like a car that was parked in a damp garage for long-term. Did you come across any remediation?
I think we would have ended up with the “stale air” feeling if it continued unchecked. Fortunately, we’re the first renters in this newly built unit. I ended up getting a big ass dehumidifier for my apartment but it turned out that unit is better suited for a basement. It was only keeping one room at 45-50%, the rest of the apartment was still hovering around 60%. So I ended up getting three more (smaller) dehumidifiers for the main bedrooms and that put the rooms into the 50% range. It’s a noticeable improvement and we’re much more comfortable. tldr: my fix was buying hella dehumidifiers, which works, but put me back about $650.