"glukane" wrote in message
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Hi, my house's windows gets wet in the inside all the time and sometime,
it
forms ice. what can i do to get rid of it?
I have some aluminum windows and some wood.



As others have pointed out, the problem is that the inside air is cooled
when next to the window and moisture condenses out of the air onto the
glass/frame.

You don't mention whether you have double-pane windows, or whatever.
Condensation can be seen as two possible problems. Either there is too much
moisture in the air so the dew point is pretty high, or the inside surfaces
of the glass/frame are so cold that they are below the dew point for even
relatively dry air.

Older aluminum windows had the later problem because aluminum is an
excellent conductor of heat so the inside part of the frame is quite cold
when it's cold outside. Newer ones have a 'thermal break' between the
inside aluminum parts and the outside ones so the inside aluminum frame
doesn't get as cold. You mention ice formation so it sounds to me like that
is your problem, old aluminum windows with no thermal barrier.

The expensive, long-term fix is to replace the windows with newer designs.

But a cheap fix is to go to your favorite dept. store or DIY home center and
look for DIY window treatment plastic. They make a kit of heat-shrinkable
plastic and double-sided tape. You put tape around the inside frame of the
window, put the plastic over it as tight as you can, then use a hot-air gun
(hair dryer works) to shrink the plastic tight/clear. It forms a second
layer of dead air between the plastic and window to act as a storm window.
Will last a winter and save a bundle, and is *cheap*. Do as many windows as
you can.

daestrom