Window condensation

[sidekickdmr]

Hey all!

Ok so we have lived in this house for almost 6 months now, so a mix of summer and starting to be winter.

Since we have moved in we have had a bit of a condensation problem.

When I say problem, it's nothing at all apart from the windows looking like this, at the moment it's almost constantly, in the summer it was just the mornings.



What's causing it?

How to stop it?

Many thanks

Kieran

[sidekickdmr]

Its inside the glass.

Ok so we do have a bit of a damp issue in one of the bedrooms, nothing more than a few 50P sized patches on the wall (just look slightly oily, not wet to touch)

Whats the long term solution?

We cant buy 3 dehumidifiers and have them running for the rest of our lives.

The windows are also left on "latch" (locked in the very slightly open postision) for ventilation, would this act like a trickle vent and improve things or is this making it worse?

Thanks

[sidekickdmr]

Yes sorry to clarify, its not inside the glass, its on the inside of the window (wet to touch inside room).

The windows are all brand new and no seals comprimised.

[sidekickdmr]

Evoluzione said:

Then you have a slight damp problem which you need to address, plenty of advice on that in the thread. Prevention being better than (dehumidifier) cure.
In what room were the windows in that were pictured?

Ok so I get this in 3 rooms, our bedroom, spare room (both of these are upstairs and the only 2 rooms upstairs apart from the bathroom)

And the lounge.

The lounge is new build and has no damp issues, but we do sometimes dry washing in here.

The upstairs bathroom does have a extractor fan, but no window.

So guessing I need to A) stop drying washing in the lounge and B) Get better ventilation in the upstirs bathroom?

[sidekickdmr]

Yep heating is on throughout the house and its nice and warm at the moment.


Would fitting a small (opening) skylight in the upstairs bathroom fix the issue (would be nice to allow some daylight in too), or am I better off getting a high power extractor fitted?

or something else entirely?