Help!!! bad condensation
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Topic: Help!!! bad condensation
Posted By: Kazzle
Subject: Help!!! bad condensation
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:15am
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and i mean bad, the windows dont weep they literally cry, even all the window surrounds drip with water in the mornings, there isnt a part of the window that isnt wet, is there anyway i can lessen all this condensation? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:17am
| Sorry to say only real way is something like DVS - we had exactly the same problem as well - it sux doesnt it! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:26am
| Sometimes we get bad condensation. I just go around with a towel and wipe the windows that are bad down in the morning. I know that doens't quite fix the problem but it does stop the water turning back into vapour and going back into the air. |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:27am
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We find our de-humidifier helps with this alot... ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:31am
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We have a log burner and that seems to help as it goes almost 24/7. Before that when we rented in Palmy we used the dehumidifier and it worked. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 9:54am
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yeah we have a one of those, inlaws left with the house, have been going around the windows with a squeggy thing and a towel,
so when is the best time to use the dehumidifier thingy...lol as you can tell ive never used one ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:07am
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Have it going all day if you can. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 10:22am
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We have our dehumidifier going most of the day at the moment. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mandz
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 11:15am
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Yeap we are the same, dehumidifier goes all day and all night....only way to keep the place from becoming a pond! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 11:20am
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Yes as much and all as would love one of those great systems..our dehumidifier is working over time at mo...works..is pretty noisy and expensive to run tho! Dreading another huge bill this month! -------------  
 
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Posted By: ohanlon82
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 11:46am
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we run ours 24/7.. i leave it in the hallway at night tme on slient and then move to the living area in the day while at work...
we been 3 winters in our house now - 1 without dehumidifier and 2 with - we can so see the difference.. first year was doing the towel thing and always using exit mould to get everything clean our's only cost an extra $20 - $25 a month on power bill so worth it if you can. ------------- http://lb2f.lilypie.com/TikiPic.php/RPaODBg.jpg |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 1:16pm
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Condensation is from a lot of things, moiture in the air from cooking, clothes drying and damp weather as well as stinky old humans make a majority of it. If you keep your windows open on the warmer days when it isn't so damp that could reduce a lot of it as well. Otherwise a dehumidifier is a great choice, I think it is like 50c to run them for 10hrs or something so dirt cheap and they make rooms warmer too. Use them when people are not in the room and make sure all doors and windows are shut as the machines tend to pull in more moisture when that happens.
Best of luck  ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: mummymegs
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 3:11pm
| Our house also has bad condensation, little puddles form on the windowsills if we do not wipe down the windows in the morning. Fortunately, we are having a DVS system put in next week. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 3:26pm
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we got a Hrv because our walls use to be wet in winter and the windows wet as well - and now we don't get any wetness - well except in the morning when first open the curtains but thats cause they been closed couple of hours and its all gone again. Also alot less colds here too since putting it in. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 15 July 2008 at 3:26pm
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Also do you have a choice of heating options? A log burner is dry as dry, electric is still good but pricey, and gas, evil evil cheap as chips and ever so quick to start gas is awful for condensation. A gas heater without an exterior flu can even wreck a DVS system. ------------- Andie |