Condensation - Symptom not problem

There has been a lot of leaflets being handed out recently showing people how to control condensation. In fact some people when they complain about mould are given a leaflet on condensation and told to open their window. As I've said before most of the time people are not the problem (unless there are for example 7 people in the house with fish tanks everywhere, drying laundry indoors and pets running around). Sometimes a person's lifestyle can make the problem worse but there is almost always a problem elsewhere to begin with.

In cases where a person has condensation on their windows then opening them will help to remove it temporarily, but it does not solve the problem and after the windows are closed again it will reappear. Saying that condensation is the problem is like saying to a patient that has a bad cut that the problem is they have blood on their shirt.

This is why Damp Detectives has such a high success rate, we look for the source and not just a way of covering up the problem.

If you think of air as like a bucket full of water, as the air is heated up the bucket grows in size and can carry more water. As the air cools the bucket shrinks and therefore it can't hold as much. If there is more water in the air than it can hold it will condense resulting in condensation on any surface cold enough. Now, you can't say that warming up everywhere will solve the problem because the air is still wet, it might stop condensation but it will probably just happen somewhere else. After all it would be unrealistically expensive to continually warm every surface in your house. The question has to be asked where did this water come from? There must be another source!

So the next time someone tells you the problem in your house is that you're breathing too heavily; or you find that condensation reappears after you close your window, then give Damp Detectives a call! We will happily talk to you about your problem and how we can help.

We work with a rapidly expanding range of housing agencies, agents, letting agents and councils so why not ask them to contact us.