Dry Home Advice

Photography sources and image credits

Guide images are real photographs sourced from Wikimedia Commons. They illustrate the topic, not our testing or a specific recommended product. Locations are those identified by the photographer, not necessarily UK or Irish homes. The mould photograph shows severe flood damage in New Jersey, not a diagnosis of ordinary condensation.

Guide photographs

Bed and window in an apartment bedroom

Bed and window in an apartment bedroom

Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source/title: Bedroom, Interior of apartment in Brisbane, 2025, 01.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Shower and fittings in an apartment bathroom

Shower and fittings in an apartment bathroom

Photo: Chris Olszewski · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source/title: Bathroom, Interior of apartment in Brisbane, 2025, 07.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Clothes hanging on a drying rack

Clothes hanging on a drying rack

Photo: Al Silonov · CC BY-SA 3.0. Source/title: Drying clothes.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Digital temperature and humidity sensor; illustrative equipment, not a recommended product

Digital temperature and humidity sensor; illustrative equipment, not a recommended product

Photo: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source/title: 2023 Czujnik temperatury i wilgotności Xiaomi (1).jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

A dehumidifier with a European plug; illustrative equipment, not a recommended model

A dehumidifier with a European plug; illustrative equipment, not a recommended model

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). (author website) · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source/title: Air dehumidifier with a European plug.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Water droplets from condensation on a window

Water droplets from condensation on a window

Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0. Source/title: Closeup detail of Moisture condensation problems. Condensation drops on window.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Condensation covering a window pane

Condensation covering a window pane

Photo: Doggo19292 · Public domain. Source/title: Window condensation 12022021.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Window and door on a weathered garage wall

Window and door on a weathered garage wall

Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0. Source/title: Window and door on weathered garage wall.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Flood-damaged break room with visible wall mould; severe flood damage, not ordinary condensation

Flood-damaged break room with visible wall mould; severe flood damage, not ordinary condensation

Photo: Department of Homeland Security. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Public Affairs Division. 3/1/2003 · Public domain. Source/title: South Kearny, N.J., Nov. 30, 2012 -- Employee break room with overturned refrigerators and obvious mold on wall from Hurricane Sandy flooding. FEMA Public Assistance funds may reimb - DPLA - 9e13b27b49be8916c6ee62c401ec8ccb.jpg. Centre crop to 16:9, resize to 1200×675, WebP compression; no generated pixels The adapted photo is offered under the same licence as the original, including ShareAlike where applicable.

Product photography

These are product photographs, not evidence of our own hands-on testing. Manufacturer copyright remains with its owner; no independent reuse permission has been confirmed. Contact us about image rights or corrections.