I'll try and say it before Pete does, I presume you don't keep servers and comms systems on your drive and that when you dehumidify them you do so in an enclosed room.

You are just wasting electricity believe us.

Not on my drive no, but in bespoke communication ISO containers that are stored just as outside as my drive!

They are bespoke and not sealed, there are many cables through bulkheads.

Well the mould hasn't returned since.

Excuse me while I go and put 50p in my meter!

People swear by a container of salt. Just because it gets damp they think it's removing interior moisture. It's not, it's the ambient moisture level in the air.

Of recent days there's been sun and the sun is getting stronger as it heaves its way northwards from its holiday down south for our winter. Get inside any van when the sun's on it and it'll feel warm and drier than under a cold, wet, soggy sky. The ambient humidity will decrease as the heat dries up moisture in the air and in a van's contents.

People rarely go in vans in winter, they're damp, cold and generally inhospitable. Come the advent of Spring vans come into play and the ravages of damp, mould etc become evident, but by that time it's happened and all you can do is try and clean it, but gently, very gently or you'll make matters worse..

I use mine all year round.

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Michele

we bring the seats indoors to (warm) air before using eriba on jollys, otherwise pop the top on nice days.
(seat removal makes repacking easier..)
for winter storage ensure all cupboards are ajar slightly to ensure air flow.
I popped in ours yesterday and was pleased to see the pudding rice was dry in the lock and lock, those containers do work

I also pop in eriba quite a lot over winter season, the eriba has a calming aroma, and just begs for someone to enjoy a cuppa while watching the robin and black birds hoping about .

We reckon it's worth paying 200E a year to store ours in a garage/box/stall call it what you will, but she has the roof up all winter, with the windows open, so the rubber doesn't stick. We're new to this,, but it's the way she's always been stored and she's lovely and dry. The disadavantage is that she's not at "home" but I love the thought that she's snug and dry all the time. It feels like a cheap price to pay.

Gave the Eriba a wash and polish today and opened the windows to get air through and pulled down the flyscreen on windows and there are scatter mould narks on them. As I use the Eriba in the winter and noticed the condensation it has all stemmed from there. Any tips for removal as it is only on the mesh.

you could remove the mesh and wash in sink
or shorten the mesh so cant be seen

to remove from wall by slackening the 4 screws
the sides tend to fall off, be aware how the little ramps go on bottom screws
once off and in hand
using flat blades screw driver release pressure cog on mesh roller,
then remove the small screws at opposite end,
the roller should remove, unwind the mesh then slide out of the roller groove
(I forget at this moment, how to do bottom rail but think its a similar arrangement, of nylon cording,
shortened the flyscreen door net after the waist bar shoot through it like Arkwright's till that net )
and take to sink, could use the whiter net by dr someone??
use a nail brush and
mould removers are found here http://blackmold.awardspace.com/kill-remove-mold.html

let us know ye method with pictures it all adds to the knowledge base
P

I have used the Dettol Mould remover in a spray bottle (costs about £2.50 in most supermarkets) with great results. I had a white roller blind in the bathroom at our previous house and found mould growing on it. I just unwound it and sprayed the whole blind and left to dry. The mould never came back. As you are doing your fly screens, I would spray some on a cloth and wipe over the mesh. Then rinse cloth and wipe again. Leave open until dry before putting them back up. Just a word of caution, try not to get on the window rubbers as it makes them sticky or just wash off immediately.
Chris