Will trickle vents solve condensation?

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The windows in our house are covered in condensation. I'm using a karcher vacuum and I've minimised drying washing on radiators etc. We're not putting the heating on as much as last year so I know that will make a difference. The windows themselves all project from the house by at least a couple of feet. I think they're called picture windows. Obviously this doesn't help with the condensation. We have no trickle vents on the windows. I've googled and apparently you can retro fit them. Will this be worth doing?

Probably no more or less than opening your window a crack. Because that's what trickle vents are effectively.

They aren't really a magic solution. It's just a way of exchanging the room air with outside air slowly over time, rather than exchanging it all at once by opening a window. The net result is the same.

They are obviously good if you live in an area where you don't want to open the windows because of crime.

The price you pay is heat leak. And you pay that whether the heat leaks quickly (over a short time by opening a window) or slowly (over a long time by opening a trickle vent).

If you don't want the heat leak, then you have to keep your windows and vents closed. In that case probably you would be better off with a dehumidifier.

We just got new double glazing with trickle vents and our condensation is much, much better. No idea how much of that is the vents though.

No in a word! Just had new windows with trickle vents (now compulsory). They just cause drafts and we still get condensation!
A dehumdifier, opening windows after showers, drying washing outside as much as feasible (I got mine 75% dry outside today today) and using an extractor/ pan lids when cooking make the most difference in my house.

It made a big difference when we installed them. It doesn’t stop it but for us it reduced condensation substantially.

My brothers just had positive pressure ventilation fitted. It's early days but it seems to be working. It's a relatively new thing I think but he's been impressed.

I’m amazed you can retro fit trickle vents. We have them from new but you need frames where a hole can be cut for their installation. Quite difficult I think.

Dry washing in one room only. Get a tumble dryer but dry most outside. Get very thick curtains so heat doesn’t escape overnight. Get a dehumidifier. Vent windows by leaving them open a tiny bit overnight. Keep lids on pans.

We had trickle vents retro fitted into all our windows (a mixture of wood and upvc). It’s a job to judge how much difference it's made as this year has been really bad for condensation, but I believe the trickle vents have made it better, and you can certainly feel a draft through them. We do also open windows and occasionally use the dehumidifier.

Trickle vents are crap. Just open all windows wide once a day to get an exchange of air.

I've got trickle vents and the windows are still covered in condensation. I've just bought the window Karcher too, I'm surprised at how little water such big expanses of condensation hold!

Ventilation will always help. Some people do not like ventilation.

If you are obliged to dry wet washing indoors, put it in a room with an extractor fan, turn on the extractor, and SHUT the door and window. It will suck the water vapour outside and create enough suction to prevent it drifting around the house. Unless you have holes in the ceiling for downlighters or something.

Wet washing is a terrible source of damp.

I think the key is airflow, getting the right windows open in your house to actually move the air through. We have a window downstairs that is blocked by an outside feature so no security risk, we leave that open and some upstairs windows - this creates an airflow you can feel. Yes the house is a bit colder but it is much less damp.

Dehumidifier would be my recommendation. Really effective.

(We had vents retrofitted, did help, but dehumidifier way better, no question.) Currently having to empty it twice a day!

Do you open your windows? You haven’t said, so I’m presuming not. That will be your problem.

I have recently had new windows with trickle vents fitted to the front of the house. Those windows had condensation where the older windows without the vents were dry this morning. Wish I'd saved the money and stuck with the old metal windows.

My neighbour with similar windows uses moisture absorbing thing

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you have to take all of part F seriously if you want to tackle condensation.