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Window condensation / sweats scottieyoon 12-01-2006
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Posted by on December 1, 2006, 12:57 pm


I live in less than a year old house with the latest energy efficient
windows. This is my first winter at this house. I see lots of
water/moisture around window, top to bottom, where they are literally
dripping to floor. I check other postings. I don't see any visible
leak (or at least I don't feel it). My wall clock which has humidity
level check is telling me it's at 30, so I think that's pretty low.
I'm keeping the house at 70 degrees and currently here at North Texas
the outside temperature is at above freezing (around 35??). All my
windows are like these. What can I do to get rid of this problem? I'm
contacting the home builder in mean time.


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Posted by Joseph Meehan on December 1, 2006, 1:30 pm


scottieyoon@yahoo.com wrote:
> I live in less than a year old house with the latest energy efficient
> windows. This is my first winter at this house. I see lots of
> water/moisture around window, top to bottom, where they are literally
> dripping to floor. I check other postings. I don't see any visible
> leak (or at least I don't feel it). My wall clock which has humidity
> level check is telling me it's at 30, so I think that's pretty low.
> I'm keeping the house at 70 degrees and currently here at North Texas
> the outside temperature is at above freezing (around 35??). All my
> windows are like these. What can I do to get rid of this problem?
> I'm contacting the home builder in mean time.

What kind of frames do the windows have? Metal?

At 30% humidity you should not be having much if any condensation on a
good thermo window unless the frames are a problem.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




Posted by avid_hiker on December 1, 2006, 1:38 pm



Is this on one window or all of them?...........how many are sweating?
Do you raise or lower the inside temp when you leave the home? Then
raise/lower the temp when you again arrive home, etc? Do you also have
storm windows on the outside of these windows?

Me...live in New England and always have this problem. After shutting
storm windows......no more problem.


Posted by on December 1, 2006, 2:49 pm



avid_hiker wrote:
> Is this on one window or all of them?...........how many are sweating?
> Do you raise or lower the inside temp when you leave the home? Then
> raise/lower the temp when you again arrive home, etc? Do you also have
> storm windows on the outside of these windows?
>
> Me...live in New England and always have this problem. After shutting
> storm windows......no more problem.


All my windows are having the same problem, upstairs and downstairs,
some more than others. We keep the house at the same temp all day. No
such thing as storm windows, just dual layer with tiny gap between (no
air, someone told me) and it is slightly tinted blue per new city code
for hot summer here in Texas. The frames are aluminum and water is on
there, too. I'm gonna try getting reliable humidity meter and then try
de-humidifier. I think the reading is wrong, too. I also read that on
new house, the new lumber and concrete will generate more moisture
than, say old house. I asked my wife to do the followings meanwhile.

open blinds for better circulation.
circulate air from outside for an hour or so.
keep the fans running at "on" instead of "auto".
and keep mopping .....


Posted by Joseph Meehan on December 1, 2006, 3:28 pm


scottieyoon@yahoo.com wrote:
> avid_hiker wrote:
>> Is this on one window or all of them?...........how many are
>> sweating? Do you raise or lower the inside temp when you leave the
>> home? Then raise/lower the temp when you again arrive home, etc? Do
>> you also have storm windows on the outside of these windows?
>>
>> Me...live in New England and always have this problem. After shutting
>> storm windows......no more problem.
>
>
> ..... The frames are aluminum

Sorry to hear that. It is nearly certain that the problem is the
frames. Aluminum is a terrible material for frames. It happens to be a
great conductor. It is so good it is even draining the heat from the edges
of the window on the inside which is why they are also sweating.

Some aluminum frames have thermo brakes built in, but it sounds like
yours don't.

Sorry, but the only fix I know is to replace the windows.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit




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