Perhaps you or your clients (if you're a Real Estate Professional) are noticing a lot of condensation on windows in the home or business - here's a pretty good set of FAQs helping explain why this isn't necessarily a windows problem, but a problem attributed to many different environmental factors - especially humidity.
What is Condensation?
Condensation is the fog that suddenly appears in cold weather here in Metro DC and Northern Virginia on the glass of windows and sliding glass doors. It can block views, drip on the floor and furniture, freeze on glass...it's annoying! However, don't necessarily blame the windows...
What Causes Window Condensation?
Window condensation is the result of excess humidity in your home. The glass only provides a cold surface on which humidity can visibly condense. The fog on your windows is a form of condensation - just like the water that forms on the outside of a glass of iced tea in the summer and on the bathroom mirrors and walls after a hot shower. Condensation usually occurs first on windows, because glass surfaces have the lowest temperature of any of the interior surfaces in the house. When the warm, moist air comes into contact with the cooler glass surfaces, the moisture condenses.
Your foggy windows and sliding doors are actually informing you to reduce indoor humidity before it causes hidden, costly problems elsewhere in your home - problems like peeling paint, rotting wood, buckling floors, insulation deterioration, mildew, and even moisture spots in ceilings and walls
Foggy windows and sliding doors are the indicators and warning signs that humidity could be damaging your home.
Read more about window condensation in Northern Virginia homes and elsewhere....
