Summer, with all its humid, hot glory, is just around the corner. If you have a section of your house, like the basement or the attic, that gets particularly damp during warmer weather, your home may be at risk for growing mold. One of the easiest solutions to help prevent dampness is a dehumidifier, but commercial dehumidifiers are pricey. Consider making your own dehumidifier with materials you likely already own.
Create a dehumidifier from charcoal briquettes
1. Find a suitable medium to large sized container with a lid, such as a coffee can, plastic container, painter’s bucket, etc.
2. Poke several holes in the lid of your container.
3. Fill your container with a handful of charcoal briquettes, and voilà, a homemade, cheap dehumidifier! For the most humid areas of your home, set out multiple dehumidifiers.
4. Replace the charcoal briquettes every few months with new briquettes. The old briquettes are perfectly fine to use in your outdoor grill.
A charcoal briquette dehumidifier is not a guaranteed way to completely prevent mold from growing, but having several of them around does make it more difficult for mold to grow.
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Good article…never heard of a Charcoal briquette dehumidifier.
What about the specification of charcoal? well we make a high qualification of briquette in Indonesia. It is very interesting to see how it work for dehumidifier. Thanks!
Just wondering we have a bag of coal in our shed can we use these or do they need to be new ones. The bag is no opened. Just wondering.
Making our own dehumidifier sounds good!!Nowadays this machine has become one of the most essential to all.It makes me so comfortable even when i stay at very very cool place.Before making this dehumidifiers just take a look at the site i have given where u could get important informations about dehumidifiers.
I didn’t know you could make charcoal briquette dehumidifiers… Cool!
Thanks for the wonderful information about dehumidifiers. I think one of the best and efficient way to avoid mold problems at home is to get one of the top rated dehumidifiers in the market. I got my dehumidifier for years and I can say that it is truly one of the best to control the humidity level at home.
Sounds too good to be true. Imma give it a shot for sure. If it works I’ll came back and post my results. Thanks for the tip Cara
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As a Commercial Properties Superintendent & Residential Manager, I use these regularly.
I can attest to the usefulness, benefits and effectiveness of Charcoal Dehumidifiers. Cost effective and easy to assemble/maintain.
Being in Washington State, we see our fair share of Mold/Bacteria and Mildew. This is more-so in the Winter, and when the Tenant does not run vent fans/vented windows and maintains high temperatures, or does excessive cooking (specifically, boiling). Also, if there is a toilet overflow or broken pipe.
For moisture & odors, charcoal briquets are the best. For moisture, odors & flying insects (fruit fly, etc), mix 1:1 cedar chips (from any cedar mill, or lumber yard). For strictly moisture, I recommend either the charcoal briquettes (broken in to smaller, 1″ or less, pieces), or, a pellet bag of Dri-Z-Air.
For this, take an empty, clean, butter container, place (2) 2″ blocks of 2×2 wood in the bottom, across from each other. Then, take another butter tub, drill (at least) a dozen 1/16 or 3/32″ holes in the bottom. Place drilled tub inside the first tub, resting on the blocks (to keep it elevated). Now take a butter tub lid, drill (at least) a dozen 3/8 to 1/2″ holes. Fill the drilled tub with Dri-Z-Air, and place the lid on top.
The pellets will collect the moisture, convert to liquid, and drain to the lower tub. Drain this lower tub every 1-2 days, depending on humidity.
Careful with this water, it can burn sensitive skin, and is highly corrosive to metals. This tub, with 1 packet of Dri-Z-Air will work for automobiles, boats, garages, basements and rooms/offices, etc.
Take Care
~Sun
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I moved from the Pacific Northwest in the US to the Philippines Islands. I have had this bothersome cough for years; it comes on as soon as I lay down to go to sleep (although I have found it not so bothersome if I lay down during the day). Reading about a possible fix like this is great, but as another reader pointed out what is the recommended quality of the charcoal? Many people use charcoal here and it’s sold everywhere, but these are not “briquettes ” as such…am going to go ahead and try this using the local charcoal, but would really appreciate some help with this issue. Thank you in advance.
Does anyone know if the lids are required? IE can you just pile charcoal in a container and leave it open-air? Will this work as effectively?
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I have a 45ft sail boat I look after for a friend…. and since we don’t use the boat much,.. I thought this might be a PERFECT option. I am going to drop my re-purposeful dehumidifiers this week! Thanks!
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I’m confused about your DIY dehumidifier. Don’t you have to poke holes in the bottom of the first tub, then set it in a second tub to catch the dripping water? Where is the water going to collect on your model? I have a 17 oz yogurt container for the briquettes that I’ve set into a 32 oz yogurt container. They fit perfectly. Holes were drilled into the top container & now it resembles a refillable DampRid container. Pls explain where the water collects in your method. Thank you.
Its some what unsightly, but the best method of implementation is potato bags or burlap sacs. Air flow is maximized this way, but its kind of ugly. In my mothers experience this is best used in closets and other small enclosures. Its not very effective in say a basement of overly humid home or large room. Just some advice, I have done a lot of research on dehumidifiers. Anything made after about 1990 is junk. You run a gamble on getting more than two to three seasons out of one made by any manufacturer aside from high end U.S companies. If you need one look at yard sales and pawn shops for one that looks like it was manufactured in the late eighties or earlier. If you find one make sure to look for a place to oil the fan bearings as this is the major failure point on old ones when they do fail, but they have been known to run for decades.
Dehumidifiers take moisture out of the air and it is a great choice , I Think its a alternate option against air conditioner .
I tried this. Did exactly as the instructions stated. It’s been two weeks & there is not one drop of moisture in the collection container. I have Dry-Rid containers all over the house & they collect water immediately. I have to change them every few weeks. I thought this would be a great, cheaper alternative, but it was very disappointing. Did not work at all.
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I think some folks are confusing this type of dehumidifier with the type that uses sodium or calcium chloride crystals– such as the Damprid products. Those DIY devices do need both a container to hold the crystals and another container below to collect the water that has reacted with and dissolved the crystals. My understanding of using charcoal though, is that the moisture is contained within the brick itself. Therefore, it won’t produce a collection of water like the other devices.
Isn’t that why, its able to be housed in bags, etc?
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Hello, Great idea. Can the charcoal briquettes be ‘dried out’ in the oven on low heat, and reused like the desiccant packs ?
Thank for this idea. Im going to try it as the humidity and mildew in Hawaii jungle is fierce. Im going to get a bag of charcoal. smash it up a bit and just have it in bins around the house. When they get too wet Ill dry them out in the sun. They say Bamboo charcoal is best but expensive. Im hoping the chemicals in the bags are not a problem…Ill try not to get the easy light ones. Thanks again. Great blog.
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I just put naturefresh bamboo charcoal pack out in my livingroom,bedrooms i can get a whift of it now & then. Does it dry out your noes ,like say i`m sitting close to where i put it and my sinus are dryer than a running spicket. ha.I think i can tell the difference already. it`s not as dusty,you know. help….
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