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With Scotland having just experienced its coldest night of the year, it’s safe to say that the weather isn’t exactly tropical.
And with cold weather comes condensation, which is in part caused by humidity and the warm air touching cold surfaces. This could make surfaces damp which could then develop into harmful mould.
As well as looking unpleasant and potentially impacting your home’s value, mould can also weaken your brickwork.
As reported by the Mirror Online, the property aces at Verified by Expert Trades have shared some of the common causes of condensation, and some of the easy remedies.
“It occurs when we’ve got a warm atmosphere touching cold atmosphere,” one of the business’ experts explained. “Those warm water droplets or water vapour will stick to that cold surface and then it condenses, turning into water, as such. And then you’ll have puddles on your windowsill.”
The plumbing expert explains that ventilation is the ‘key’ to keep condensation at bay, and the home that he is in has equipment to help maintain that ventilation.
He said: “We’re lucky here, we’ve got brand new windows and they’ve got things called trickle vents on. You can leave these open so you’ve not going to have that massive contrast in temperatures.”
However, these are new windows, so if you live in an older home without trickle vents, open your window ever-so-slightly on the latch lock.
He added: “That’s going to do the exact same thing as a trickle vent.”
An extraction fan was another piece of kit that the contracting ace recommended, and he said that some who have one aren’t getting the most out of it.
The expert said: “If you’ve already got one, clean it. That’s one of the big things. They do get full of dust and dirt.
“Can you upgrade to a more powerful one? If you’re got one in the ceiling, your fan will be in the loft somewhere, which will vent out to another place. How
“long is that run? Can we make that run shorter of a flexible pipe so it’s got a free flow of air going to it.”
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