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Does any one know how to stop this on windows please.......since we had our new boiler put in I seem to get my windows like this very annoying !!

Double glazed or single?

Gwyn

single Gwyn.........

It will be because the warm damp air is hitting a cold surface.

I can only think of trying to make the air drier...perhaps with a dehumidifier or else bowls of the absorbant crystals used for caravans which are left over the winter.

Windows wiped over with a cloth wrung out in strongish solution of washing up liquid is said to help prevent so much condensation.

Gwyn

Lots of ventilation, keep the doors open so air moves around. Keep the fanlight open, but close all doors when cooking, to try to confine the cooking steam to the kitchen.

Unfortunaltely certain window frames make condensation worse. We have single glazed steel frames in the bedroom and the condensation just runs off them, because steel doesn't allow the windows to breathe. The rest are wooden single glazed and we still get a fair amount of condenstion (and the inevitable black mould) on them, but in the bedrooms I have to put several layers of newspaper to absorb the run-off, or I would be wiping them all day.

Washing up liquid does help stop them looking steamed up, but the moisture is still there unfortunately

Glad to say my landlord is putting new windows in for us shortly, got measured last week, so hopefully our problems will be over.

Hmmm...perhaps you shoudl hire an over-enthusiatic window cleaner

Or a gardner who forgot the guard on the strimmer.

I get that if I have wet washing hanging in the house , got rid of pulley when new kitchen put in but miss it, then if I use tumble drier OH complains too --you can`t win!!!!
Ros xx

I used to suffer from that when I had a flat in London - leaving windows open is the best thing but as I was ground floor it wasnt so practicle.

I got some stuff from Wilkinsons like cling film that you put on the glass and then shrank it with a hairdryer - it used to work for about 6 months at a time - also in Wilkinsons you can buy thses crystals that go in the windowsill and it draws in the damp and turns it into water below the crystal tray. They worked quite well.

In the end though I bought a small dehumidifyer and found it great in the winter if I hung the washing inside as it drew the water out of that too!

Hope you get it sorted - I must admit I suffered a lot of chest problems with that condensation and when I moved they cleared up.

You're right Maddie, I think its one of the reasons my OH has had so many problems shaking off this flu, especially the cough.

An extractor fan in the bathroom (especially if you use a shower) and/or kitchen might help to remove the moist air.

A tub of salt on the window sill attracts the moisture, I used to have one on every windowsill. The window cleaner knocked and asked what they were, I told him and next time he came back he knocked to say, 'by gum they work real.'

Caz

if you rub shaving cream on the bathroom mirror it won't steam up - suppose it would also work on windows. Just get a blob of shaving foam and rub it over until it disappears - seems to work somehow - try that for starters

We have a piece of foam type strip that sits at the bottom of the window and catches the condensation and just needs wringing out occasionally. I think OH bought it in B&Q or somewhere like that on a roll.