How to get rid of fogging plastic windows

Modern windows are much stronger, more convenient and more airtight than old wooden ones. However, new plastic windows often bring additional troubles in the form of fogging. After all, before, with wooden frames, we did not encounter such a problem. Typically, condensation builds up on windows during the winter. Caring owners wipe and dry the windows, but why this run in a circle, when you can simply get rid of fogging.

What harms condensation on windows

1. Glass water increases the humidity of the room. This is very dangerous if there are people with a respiratory system disease in the house. Especially asthmatics.
2. Condensation will always drain and fungus and mold may form on the walls. Sometimes you don’t even notice them - they are under the wallpaper. Spores of fungus and mold are very dangerous for human health.
3. The dampness of the room spoils the repair. Constant water under the finish makes it warm and swell all around.
4. Well, and the aesthetic side of the issue. This is completely unpleasant when the windows "cry."

Now you know that there is an urgent need to get rid of fogging windows. But where does this condensate come from? Why didn’t the wooden frames "flow"?

Reasons for fogging windows

Complete tightness. Plastic frames provide complete tightness without the slightest possibility of air circulation. When installing the frames, all slots are closed, and the frame itself is absolutely airtight. Some people additionally close the shaft openings so that "the heat does not go away." Humidity remains in the room and invariably settles on the windows.

High humidity. This applies to rooms in which steam is constantly generated. For example, a bathroom, a kitchen or a balcony onto which a gas stove was transferred. Cooking or hot water in the bathroom is accompanied by the constant formation of steam, which settles on the coldest - the windows.

Inadequate heating. Often the cause of fogging in the windows can be insufficiently hot air in the room. This usually happens in the offseason, when the cold has already arrived, and heating has not yet been given.

Incorrect installation of radiators. Have you noticed that the batteries are installed strictly under the windows? Sometimes during a redevelopment, the owners change the location of the radiator without even realizing what they might encounter. Hot air from a warm battery rises and dries the window panes. Sometimes the cause of condensation can be a wide windowsill, which is usually set by lovers of indoor plants. Hot air simply can not go around the battery and goes "sideways".

Change of seasons. Plastic windows have different modes when working in winter and summer. Before the cold season, you need to translate the window "in winter mode." In this position, the position and fit of the rubber seals changes. This will help reduce condensation.

How to get rid of fogging plastic windows

1. To get started, remove the cause of fogging. If sweats in the kitchen, then a good range hood should be installed there, which must be included when cooking.
2. Solve the heating problem. If the batteries are not hot enough, you must complain to the appropriate authorities or find alternative sources of heat, for example, a heater.
3. If the batteries are not under the windows, urgently change their position to the previous one. Without this, you will not be able to cope with “crying windows.”
4. If you have a wide windowsill, you need to replace it with a narrower one. There is another option - to make special ventilation openings in the windowsill through which hot air from the radiator will fall on the glass.This is done very simply and looks aesthetically pleasing (there are special grilles for such holes).
5. Ventilate the room regularly. Even in winter, you need to ventilate the room, otherwise the moist air will not find a way out and will settle on the windows. This can be done by fully opening the window for a few seconds or leaving a small click for 10 minutes.
6. You can use air conditioning to dry water drops on the windows. If it is installed in a "crying" room, hot air must be directed to the glass. By the way, the air conditioner has such a “drying” function. It must be used.
7. There is another way to get rid of fogging windows. To do this, wipe the glass with a special liquid used by motorists. It is for this purpose. However, the effect of such wiping will last only a few hours.
8. Sometimes, in order to get rid of fogging of the glass, you need to review the quality of the window installation. Inaccurate tilt angles, uneven slopes can cause improper air flow and heat transfer. Call a competent master and consult with him.
9. In old houses, ventilation shafts are most often clogged. Therefore, before winter, you need to carry out preventive cleaning every time. This event alone will halve the appearance of condensation on the windows.
10. And do not forget to change the operation of plastic windows in accordance with the season. By the way, the maintenance of plastic windows should be regular and annual, even if you have no problem with fogging the windows.
11. If all of the above methods did not help you, then there is a cardinal method - to change the windows to two-chamber structures with energy-saving glass.

Plastic windows have deservedly found their consumer. After all, such windows are affordable, long lasting, have sound insulation, they are beautiful and environmentally friendly. But some are faced with a problem such as fogging windows. I would like to note that condensate is not a defect in plastic windows, it is a problem of disturbing the air circulation in the room. And if you establish the right heat transfer, everything will fall into place and the windows will no longer “cry”.

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