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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Mick Kent on December 06, 2016, 07:01:05 pm

Title: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Mick Kent on December 06, 2016, 07:01:05 pm

Need some tips and help to stop water sitting on the inner roof from condensation i'm guessing?
i have 3 x 1000 IBC tanks that are left filling over night however its so damp and wet that its dripping over everything, what the hell can i use or buy to stop all the excess water condensation build up as it is really doing my head in.
must be others that have had the same thing and if so what can i do to sort the problem?

thanks

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Don Kee on December 06, 2016, 07:04:41 pm

Dehumidifier or some type of ventilation

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: 8weekly on December 06, 2016, 07:08:37 pm

Sounds like you've outgrown it to me.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Smurf on December 06, 2016, 07:09:05 pm

industrial dehumidifier should do the trick http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=industrial+dehumidifier&_frs=1

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Clever Forum Name on December 06, 2016, 07:13:55 pm

Collect the water and use for window cleaning.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Og on December 07, 2016, 07:12:09 am

A bucket of caravan salt.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: 8weekly on December 07, 2016, 07:25:18 am

I used to keep stock at a 40 foot container and you will get condensation without 3,000 litres of water. Also, there's no insulation. I imagine it's pretty wet in there. I'm no expert, but I wouldn't have thought one dehumidifier would do it. I assume lagging the roof is impractical?

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Spruce on December 07, 2016, 07:48:00 am

As Don says, you need ventilation.

You could use a Flettner wind vent on one end of the roof, maybe even 2, and an inlet vent on the side lower down with cowling.

http://www.flettner.co.uk/

Then you need to ensure water spills are kept to a minimum and wiped up as soon as they happen. Wet clothes shouldn't be dried inside as that's added moisture into the air.

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Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Tosh on December 07, 2016, 09:09:41 am

Buy a heater.

Rent it out as a sauna.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Simon Trapani on December 07, 2016, 11:00:43 am

You need to insulate the inside of the roof with polystyrene or kingspan or similar. Stick it up with no more nails, silicone or gripfill.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Smurf on December 07, 2016, 05:29:19 pm

This looks an easy soulution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAX57QAat5M

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: Mick Kent on December 07, 2016, 05:39:38 pm

Thanks, gonna get a dehumidifier and see how that works first. Really annoying me.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: NWH on December 08, 2016, 07:50:03 pm

Cut a couple of square holes out and fit plastic vents.

Title: Re: shipping container lockup condensation problem
Post by: windowswashed on December 08, 2016, 08:19:12 pm

You need insulation boards like Kingspan or Celotex 8x4's 100mm ideal. Industrial de-ioniser will shift 10 litres a night easily but won't solve the problem and not the cheapest solution long term. No more nails will hold the kingspan on virtually any flat clean surface, used it in my garage, still up ten years on.