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Do you wipe the condensation off your windows everymorning

34 replies

lickeyloo · 01/12/2010 18:11

cos I think I should. DH says use a shower screen wiper and mop up with towel. Anyone else do this everyday. we have mold growing all round the window edges.

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QuintessentialShadows · 02/12/2010 14:48

We never had condensation on our windows, until we started drying clothes on the radiators. So then I started opening the windows when drying laundry. Problem solved until suddenly, we had lots of condensation. Turns out there was a burst pipe under our house.........

katiepotatie · 02/12/2010 15:08

Only on the upstairs, old crappy double glazing. Have to wipe every moning in the winter.
Anyone know the best thing to wipe them with?

stickersarecurrency · 02/12/2010 15:15

I use a window wiper thing and mop with old terry nappies. Mouldy anyway though, ugh.

matildarosepink · 02/12/2010 15:18

Always have to keep on top of it, open the bedroom window a bit every morning for a while til the heating goes off. Otherwise it's condensation (and mould) city here, and it's a fairly new house with DG windows...

lickeyloo · 02/12/2010 18:28

Seems it's a problem that affects both houses with double glazing and those without. We now have the small windows open wide all night while we sleep (neighbours must think we're mad). I don't notice it cold while we sleep but it means there is no condensation at all if we open them wide enough. Tried opening them a little and that didnt make any difference at all but when I pushed them wider, no condensation.

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The3Bears · 02/12/2010 19:11

We did until I started leaving the upstairs windows open a tiny bit over night and they have been fine since :)

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 02/12/2010 19:20

We do upstairs in this weather. I wipe them if it's really bad and try and open the windows for half an hour to let the moisture escape.

I'm seriously considering a de-humidifier to use when I have laundry on the airer but they aren't cheap!

FillMyXmasSprocking · 02/12/2010 21:22

I do. We get it really bad because of our crappy single glazed windows. Have to do it constantly throughout because it comes back half and hour after it is wiped. I HATE it!

Some mornings there randomly isn't any, i can't figure out what the link is.

Orissiah · 03/12/2010 09:40

Only the master bedroom windows get condensation in this house (all windows in house are double glazed) but I wipe dry with microfibre cloth or kitchen towels around 2 or 3 times a week.

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