Spread the cost of humidity control equipment from £3,000 to £100,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance
Yes, humidity controls are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £3,000 to £100,000, and most deals are written over 12–60 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£3k – £100k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £30k
Rates From
4.9% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical humidity control price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £18,000: a 10% deposit of £1,800, then 48 monthly payments of £380 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £20,040, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Steam humidifier, cleanroom/print facility, 30kg/hr (specification class) | £6,000 – £15,000 | Steam Humidifier |
| Desiccant dehumidifier, warehouse/archive, 500 m3/h (specification class) | £8,000 – £20,000 | Desiccant Dehumidification Unit |
| Packaged humidity control unit, controlled environment store (specification class) | £10,000 – £30,000 | Packaged Humidity Control Unit |
| Adiabatic humidification system, data centre (specification class) | £15,000 – £45,000 | Adiabatic (Evaporative) Humidification |
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Humidity control equipment generally qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance, so the cost can usually be set against taxable profits in the year of purchase. A packaged or portable unit connected by cabling and ductwork is normally treated as moveable plant, while a system built into a data centre's air handling or a museum's environmental control ductwork may be treated differently depending on how permanently it is fixed.
Humidity control equipment is bought by archives, museums, print facilities, cleanrooms and data centres where a specific range of relative humidity has to be held to protect stock, equipment or a manufacturing process, rather than for general comfort. Because the correct type, steam, desiccant or adiabatic, depends on the space and the moisture load it needs to manage, buyers typically specify the equipment with a mechanical engineer before financing it rather than choosing on price alone. Replacement is generally driven by the humidifier or dehumidifier reaching the end of its working life or a change in the space's use requiring a different capacity, and the used market is limited given how specific the sizing is to each application.
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