What Causes Window Condensation
Window condensation is the result of excess humidity in your home, combined with low energy-efficient windows. Window glass 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 that they need replacement, for example with Vinyl-lite’s Triple Glazing replacement window systems, and to also take steps 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, an
