Frosts and ice on the windows problem
 

In winter... From inside of the house, my windows (bottom half) got a lot
of frosts and actually ice at bottom which are big enough to put in my coke,
no kidding. How can I prevent water from condensing? I know it's due to
temperature difference between heat vs cold temp out there.. but is there
any solution? Do those transparent windows sealing kit from Home Depot
help? cos that stuff adds additional layer of air.. any suggetions?

C.W.

"CuMPeEWeEr [No MCSD]" wrote in message
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In winter... From inside of the house, my windows (bottom half) got a lot
of frosts and actually ice at bottom which are big enough to put in my
coke,
no kidding. How can I prevent water from condensing? I know it's due to
temperature difference between heat vs cold temp out there.. but is there
any solution? Do those transparent windows sealing kit from Home Depot
help? cos that stuff adds additional layer of air.. any suggetions?

C.W.
Had this problem when living in mountain cold country. Would get to 35
degrees below zero. Had aluminun frame windows. For these I build a wood
frame that had felt on outer edges to make a tight seal. Covered with
shrink window plastic. This solved problem and kept rooms much warmer. No
cold air dropping off of windows. On the larger windows I changed out to
plastic frame double pane. This solved problem on those. We had 6 weeks of
minus 35 for a low to plus 26 for a high.. Warren

CuMPeEWeEr [No MCSD] wrote:
In winter... From inside of the house, my windows (bottom half) got
a lot of frosts and actually ice at bottom which are big enough to
put in my coke, no kidding. How can I prevent water from condensing?
I know it's due to temperature difference between heat vs cold temp
out there.. but is there any solution? Do those transparent windows
sealing kit from Home Depot help? cos that stuff adds additional
layer of air.. any suggetions?

C.W.

You need to keep the warm moist air away from cold surfaces. Yea, those
transparent kits help. Good thermo windows with good thermo break frames
are far better and more convenient. You can insulate from the outside or
the inside, makes no difference.

All that ice means you are loosing a lot of expensive heat as well, so
sealing it up will save money.

--
Joseph Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

So, you mean those shrink plastic kit should fix the problem?

C.W.

"Warren Weber" wrote in message
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"CuMPeEWeEr [No MCSD]" wrote in message
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In winter... From inside of the house, my windows (bottom half) got a
lot
of frosts and actually ice at bottom which are big enough to put in my
coke,
no kidding. How can I prevent water from condensing? I know it's due to
temperature difference between heat vs cold temp out there.. but is
there
any solution? Do those transparent windows sealing kit from Home Depot
help? cos that stuff adds additional layer of air.. any suggetions?

C.W.
Had this problem when living in mountain cold country. Would get to 35
degrees below zero. Had aluminun frame windows. For these I build a wood
frame that had felt on outer edges to make a tight seal. Covered with
shrink window plastic. This solved problem and kept rooms much warmer.
No
cold air dropping off of windows. On the larger windows I changed out to
plastic frame double pane. This solved problem on those. We had 6 weeks
of
minus 35 for a low to plus 26 for a high.. Warren

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:49:31 -0500, "CuMPeEWeEr [No MCSD]"
wrote:

In winter... From inside of the house, my windows (bottom half) got a lot
of frosts and actually ice at bottom which are big enough to put in my coke,
no kidding. How can I prevent water from condensing? I know it's due to
temperature difference between heat vs cold temp out there.. but is there
any solution? Do those transparent windows sealing kit from Home Depot
help? cos that stuff adds additional layer of air.. any suggetions?

C.W.




We use to have this problem in our basement. First, we tackled the
control of humidity. While maintaining it high in the comfort range
in our living spaces, the cooler basement's relative humidity climbed.
So we made need adjust ments for a happy medium. Second, we applied
that temp storm window plastice to the outside screen of our basement
windows. Now we have no moisture condensation, therefore no ice
formation.

hth,

tom @ www.WorkAtHomePlans.com