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September 2026
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Office
Damp desks, dying servers and mouldy files: humidity in the Sri Lankan office
The air conditioning is on, yet the office feels clammy, the file room smells, and the server cupboard keeps throwing errors. Why offices need to manage humidity as well as temperature.
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Industry
Rust never sleeps: humidity control for Sri Lankan warehouses, factories and plant rooms
Corroded machinery, caked raw materials, sweating floors and cartons that collapse on the shelf. On an industrial scale, humidity is measured in lost stock and downtime.
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Hospitality
“The room smelled damp”: how Sri Lankan hotels lose reviews to humidity
A guest opens the door, drops their bags and breathes in. If the first thing they notice is a musty smell, the review is half-written. Why humidity is a hospitality problem — and how to fix it.
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Explainers
Sri Lanka’s invisible flood: the water hanging in the air of your home
Every room on the island holds litres of water you cannot see. Here is what relative humidity really means, why Sri Lankan homes sit at 70–90%, and the number every household should aim for instead.
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Buyer’s Guide
What size dehumidifier do I need? The Sri Lankan buyer’s guide
Litres per day, square metres, tanks, drains and decibels — how to choose the right dehumidifier for a bedroom, apartment, shop or warehouse, without paying for capacity you don’t need.
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Health
The uninvited tenant: why mould keeps coming back to Sri Lankan homes
You scrubbed the wall, bleached the grout and repainted the ceiling. Three weeks later the black spots are back. The problem was never the wall — it was the air.
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Buyer’s Guide
Seven dehumidifier myths, busted
“It will eat my electricity bill.” “My AC already does that.” “It will make the room too dry.” We put the most common doubts about dehumidifiers to the test.
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Health
Sleeping with a million mites: how damp air fuels asthma and allergies
The most common indoor asthma trigger on the island is smaller than a full stop, lives in your pillow, and drinks straight from the air. Take the humidity away and it dies of thirst.
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Explainers
Inside the box: how a dehumidifier actually works — and why your AC isn’t enough
A fan, a cold coil and a bucket. The idea is simple, the physics is elegant, and it explains why an air conditioner can leave a cool room feeling clammy.
August 2026
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Monsoon
The monsoon damp survival guide: a room-by-room plan for Sri Lankan homes
Two monsoons, two inter-monsoons and not much dry weather in between. Here is when the damp peaks where you live, and exactly what to do about it in every room.
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Home
Fungus on the lens, rust in the laptop: what humidity does to your electronics
Salt air and 80% humidity are quietly corroding circuit boards, fogging lenses and killing hard drives across the island. The fix costs far less than the damage.
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Home
Sarees, school books and grandfather’s leather bag: saving heirlooms from the damp
The wedding saree with brown spots. The photo album glued shut. The leather bag wearing a grey coat. How Sri Lankan wardrobes and bookshelves lose their treasures — and how to stop it.
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Commercial
Humidity is a line on your balance sheet: dry air for Sri Lankan businesses
Caked spices, mouldy stock, rusting machinery, damp hotel rooms and failing servers. For shops, warehouses, hotels and offices, humidity is a cost you can measure — and cut.
July 2026
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Monsoon
Cold, clammy and mouldy: the hill-country damp problem in Nuwara Eliya and Kandy
In the hills the air is cool, the mist rolls in by four o’clock, and the bedsheets never feel quite dry. Why hill-country homes fight a different kind of damp — and how to win.
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