Condensation Season Is Here
Condensation usually occurs during the colder autumn and winter months. From October through until April it is generally acknowledged as ‘condensation season’.
Over the few weeks you might start to see a build up of water condensing on the inside surface of your windows. Autums is a typical time for this to happen.
Where did it come from?
Possibilities:
(a) The water came from outside and passed through the glass by diffusion.
(b) The water came from the glass itself.
(c) The water came from the air inside the house.
If you chose (c), you're correct!
The air inside the house has moisture in it. We call that moisture in the air humidity. The absolute amount of humidity in the air determines at what temperature condensation happens. That temperature is called the dew point.
There is moisture in the air and that moisture-laden air has a dew point. For condensation to happen, the air has to find a surface at or below the dew point. The glass is cold and collects condensation.
Traditionally, you won't see condensation on your windows in the spring or summer as often as autumn and winter.
Remember, condensation depends on two things: A surface with a low temperature and air with a dew point temperature higher than the surface temperature. Those windows are going to stay cold through the autumn and winter, but what changes is the amount of moisture in the air.
It's important to reduce or cure condensation, as left untreated is can also lead to a build up of mould on window frames and nearby walls
During autumn, your house of property is coming off a summer full of humidity. Even with air conditioning, moisture gets into the house and many of the sorptive materials in the house will suck up a lot of water. In autumn, as cooler, drier air surrounds the outside of the house and gets inside, those materials start giving up their moisture load, but it takes a while. By spring, the house has dried out, so even with low window temperatures, you don't get condensation, but in autumn and winter, there's still plenty of moisture in the air.
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