You have prepared all the materials for DIY your house.
But whether the environment you live in is humid or too dry. This has become your current problem.
Because you can’t adapt them to the environment.
Too humid ground will make the wood board moldy and spotty in a short time, while too dry will make the wood board crack.
Don't worry, a short article will help you choose the moisture meter that's right for you.
Pinless moisture meters and pin-type moisture meters are the two most common moisture measuring instruments. Pin-type moisture meters can be directly inserted into the wood or material to be measured. The instrument measures the resistance between the built-in pins through electrodes. The size of the resistance is affected by the moisture content of the material. By observing whether the resistance is close to the standard value of the material, it can be judged whether the wood or material meets the standard.
The working principle of the pinless moisture meter is relatively simple to understand. Its electrode plate only needs to contact the surface of the material to work, and the relative moisture content of the material is measured by the generated electric field. The working principles of these two moisture meters are basically the same.
So, what is the right moisture meter for you?
First, make your goal clear. If you just need to know the moisture content of your concrete floor, then you can choose a pin-type moisture meter. Even if the measurement process will leave holes in your floor, it will eventually be covered by your wooden boards, so you don’t have to worry about it.
The ASTM standard is that the relative humidity of concrete should be less than 75%. Of course, this is not the only standard. You also need to know what humidity the material you purchased can withstand? You can ask the manufacturer, usually find this information on the wood manufacturer’s website. After waiting for the concrete to reach the appropriate ambient humidity, you can decorate your room as you like. When you are preventing the wood wall from getting moldy and spots, and you don’t want a pin-type moisture meter to leave a bunch of holes after measuring, then a pinless moisture meter will be your best choice.
Time and effort are two important factors when choosing a moisture meter.
Time and effort are two important factors when choosing a moisture meter.
- The volume of wood you work with and the time it takes to measure with the meter.
- You need to repeatedly measure the moisture content of the wood to experiment.
- You need to handle a lot of wood regularly.
- You don’t have time to learn how to change the pins on a hygrometer.
- The material you are working with is hard, such as hardwood
In this case, a pinless moisture meter is more suitable because your energy should not be wasted repeatedly inserting the pin into the wood.
- You only have to deal with less wood.
- You may only need to take a few simple instrument readings.
- The wood you treat will easily fit the pins.
Then, the needle moisture meter will be the best choice, it is relatively simple to operate
Next, I will recommend you a more practical moisture meter, a moisture meter with a spherical probe.
It is also a pinless moisture meter, but it is more convenient and quick to use, and it has a unique ball shape. It has a unique way of calculating the moisture content of four materials, namely drywall, concrete, cork, and hardwood. After you get the standard moisture content of this material, you can set it to a dangerous or warning state, and it will issue a warning when it reaches this value.
