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Cold stores and ice rinks across the UK use dehumidifiers to prevent unwanted frost and ice amassing. The accumulation of surplus frost and ice in the aforementioned environments most commonly occur as warmer air from outside hits the internal cold section of a chicago blue and yellow caps building and then condenses.

Hiring dehumidifiers from a specialist dehumidification hire company to do this job is a cost-effective option and offers numerous other benefits.

Types of dehumidifiers available for hire

Dehumidifiers take moisture out of the air. They can be remarkably effective in maintaining required humidity levels in a wide range of environments.

The two most common types of rented dehumidifier are:

1. Powerful refrigerant dehumidifiers: these robust, economical chicago blue and yellow caps and energy-efficient machines can handle up to 890 litres dehumidification capacity a day, delivering high levels of drying power. In a UK climate this typically provides keep-dry areas up to 13,600m3and dry-out areas up to 6,400m3.

2. Desiccant dehumidifiers: these use moisture-absorbing materials, such as silica gel, and chicago blue and yellow caps are used when very low relative humidity is needed. Desiccant materials have a high affinity for adsorbing water vapour ? up to 10,000 m3/hr.

At ice rinks and cold stores desiccant dehumidifiers are usually the preferred option.

Dehumidification at ice rinks

Before the availability of portable dehumidifiers at ice rinks, humidity problems were one of the main challenges that a rink manager could face.

Problems caused by water vapour created by the infiltration of humidity and incoming air can include:

Steel rusting, wood rotting, and insulation damage


A build-up of ice on a rink's ceiling, which could fall in solid clusters onto people below, causing injuries


Slowing" of the ice ? this can lead to a rink forging an unwanted reputation among users, who will inevitably seek "fast ice" elsewhere, if the problem persists


Fogging: like steam rising from the ice, obscuring users' vision, which can be dangerous and lead to accidents and injuries


Poor indoor air quality for users and staff


Increased maintenance costs


The rink's under-ice coils system and the built-in refrigeration plant being forced to overwork, in an effort to compensate for the increased humidity at the rink creating an unwelcome heat within the building itself