Humidity & health guides
What damp air is doing to your home and health
Straight, practical guides written for Sri Lanka's climate — mould, dust mites, asthma, musty odour, rust and sleep. No jargon, and the specific humidity numbers that solve each problem.
Health & mould · Featured
Mould in Sri Lankan homes: why it keeps coming back, and how to stop it for good
You scrub the wall, it looks clean, and three weeks later the black patches are back. That is not a cleaning problem — it is a humidity problem, and there is a specific number that fixes it.
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Health & allergies
Dust mites, asthma and the humidity level that kills them
You can wash bedding weekly and vacuum every day and still wake up congested. Dust mites do not live on dirt — they live on moisture, and Sri Lankan bedrooms give them plenty.
24 July 2026 · 6 min read
Health & allergies
Humidity and allergies: why your symptoms are worse indoors
Most people assume allergies come from outside — pollen, dust, traffic. In tropical Sri Lanka the opposite is usually true: the air inside your home holds far more allergen than the air outside it.
24 July 2026 · 6 min read
Health & sleep
Why you sleep badly in humid weather — and what actually fixes it
Sticky sheets, tossing at 2am, waking tired. It is not the temperature — a 28°C night at 50% humidity is comfortable, while the same 28°C at 85% is miserable. Here is the physiology.
24 July 2026 · 5 min read
Home & odour
That musty smell is not dirt — it is microbial gas, and here is how to remove it
Open the wardrobe, and there it is — that damp, earthy smell on clothes you washed last week. It has a specific cause, and once you understand it the fix is straightforward.
24 July 2026 · 5 min read
Property & equipment
Rust, corrosion and dead electronics: humidity's quiet bill
Nobody budgets for humidity. It arrives as a rusted hinge, a camera lens clouded with fungus, a television that failed three years early — small losses that quietly add up.
24 July 2026 · 6 min read
Seasonal guide
The monsoon humidity checklist for Sri Lankan homes
Monsoon does not just bring rain. It pushes indoor humidity past 85%, and every consequence — mould, allergies, rust, musty clothes — accelerates at once. Here is a plan.
24 July 2026 · 6 min read
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