My current house's kitchen area is having a quite high humidity that records at 60%-75%.

I'm looking for a way to maintain it below 60% as it's creating problems with rusting, mold, mildew and damage on wood furniture.

For those who are having the same problem, what is your solution for this problem? using a dehumidifier or natural indoor plants that absorbs water from air?

get a dehumidifier? i have one at home, its quite useful

Use fan or exhaust fan to keep air flow.

Dehumidifier machine like this will solve your problem

u mean like the delonghi dex14? it works like a heater so won't it be costly to operate it in a long run?

Iam using charcoal but no so effective

This is new to me.
How can this work? It absorbs moisture? How would u know when to change the charcoal?

Show picture would be better..

Is your kitchen area have sun shine thru?

im getting a dehumidifier myself. just waiting for the right opportunity. btw there are two types of dehumidifier. better to get the more expensive ones with the compressor. cost about 700-1000 ringgit for a decent one

sorry but i do not have a picture of my kitchen at the moment.
I do have three single leaf windows at my dry kitchen and two single leaf at my wet kitchen so in the day time, i'll just open them up which makes the room humidity around 60% - 68%. That's still consider as high based on my humidity monitor which suggest the room should be below 50% humidity.

have u consider using natural indoor plants that absorbs moisture from air? it costs less and more natural. not sure how effective it is compared to using a dehumidifier.

Do u use hood for cooking?

your kitchen very small or crowded?

but most important is if no direct sun shine thru sure will be abit high moisture. especially condo/apartment

60 - 70% humidity sounds normal in Malaysian weather..

Maybe improve the air circulation in the kitchen

Even my house is well ventilated and plenty of sunshine the humidity is still 60-62%. This is Malaysian climate. You are not talking about keeping camera and humidity sensitive equipment what's the problem?

I have dry box to keep all my camera and others at 45%.

aircond. use dehumidify function. cheaper option

Very kinda hard to get below 50% humidity in Malaysia weather...

dehumidifier might help..
But I don't think would be below 50%...
Correct me if wrong...

wouldnt keeping it well ventilated good enuf ?
eg those big arse kopitiam ventilation fans

RH in MY is around 80% +/- :

" it is a common case in Malaysia where the weather is warm
and humid all year-around with the average daily temperature ranging from about 30°C to 35°C and relative humidity (RH) is about 70% to 90% (Kosravi Salman et al, 2010). " - http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/9929/...wan_Mustafa.pdf

Easy way, run the aircon, it will dehumidify automatically. Else can install 12" ventilation fan (or few small 6" if there are burglar concerns) to ensure wet air is being sucked out.

This post has been edited by ceo684: Feb 19 2020, 10:47 PM

a dehumidifier is an aircon that doesnt cool your place. save yourself the effort and get an aircon, close the room and set it to dry mode 29, 28°C and there you go.

Your house humidity are normal. More like your kitchen air circulation are not good.

Install ceiling exhaust fan. Duct it out far.