Severe condensation, even when doing every trick in the book to avoid it
Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.55 PM
Hi there - this is my first winter in my two-bed ground floor maisonette after moving in in March. As the weather's gotten colder, the condensation problem in the upstairs bedrooms has become absolutely ridiculous. The windows, windowsills and walls around them are absolutely soaked every morning, to the point where water drips off the edges of the windowsills and down the wall/onto the carpet. Sometimes the pools of water are green, which I'm sure can't be good. I've replaced the sealer around the windows in the master bedroom, but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. The windows in the master bedroom have trickle vents, and both rooms have circular through-wall vents. My roommate and I run a dehumidifier upstairs all day (although we switch it off at night because it's too noisy to sleep otherwise), and never dry laundry inside if we can help it. If we do have to dry laundry indoors because it's too cold or wet to dry in the garden, we use a heated airer to speed things up a bit. Even then, we only dry laundry in the living room downstairs, where we don't get this problem.
Some of the double glazing in the windows is blown, which obviously isn't ideal - could that be the route cause? Does anyone have any tips for stopping this happening that I might not have thought of? I feel like we're doing everything suggested all of the forums I've read and getting nowhere, and I'm getting worried about longer-term damage to the walls where they're getting so wet every morning.
Are you a tradesperson and able to answer this question?
It isn't an issue with your windows or seals. Its ventilation. Heat rises. Moisture evaporates. When the moisture in the air in your house touches the cold windows it condenses on the glass, or anything cold. I know its cold but try a night with your upstairs windows open ajar and see if any difference.
Answered11 November 2020
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Anonymous user
The windows will be a major factor.
Get them repaired/replaced and see if that sorts it. It would be pointless to try anything else without fixing them first.
Answered11 November 2020
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Anonymous user
It seems that your windows are not energy efficient.
Condensation occurs when the warm air inside hits the window which is quite obviously cold.
If the window / windows are cold and draughty the warm air condensates on the framework and or glass units.
I would suggest a window expert looks at them .. this should be free of charge to provide a quote for a solution.
Ok I do agree with the other answer but it sounds like a hell of a lot water for condensation how high do you have the heating and double glazed windows are designed to stop that ie double glazed air the barrier in between is the prevention I would check all around brick work,gaskets,and trickle vents and usually when i unit is blown its cause its sitting in water are the drainage holes blocked?
I always advise all my family to open windows as much as possible as moisture is in the air we exhaling.washing and drying yes the heat will rise and plus your breath that’s a lot of water in the air.I have a new house and I still get moisture on my windows and they are open now to clear it.Mine is partly because I have or my wife has blinds that are close to the window and this can cause moisture to.It only happens when it’s really cold like now.Most of the time it’s fine.But the washing drying is a big factor adding people’s breath especially if the rooms are small.So I would say open windows when you can and let the building breath as much as possible.This way removing as much moisture as possible.Apart from this.Get a double glazer to have a good look at your windows.I had a house once and the seal been the trim and the window was only super glue not a total good seal.Another thing to do is close the windows And see if you can feel a draft.Maybe they are not closing correctly.
