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thenewguyonreddit t1_j6jo747 wrote

Condensation on windows is caused from your house being too humid during the winter when your windows are cold.

Dual pane/insulated windows will be much less likely to have this problem than old single pane windows. Upgrading the windows will probably solve the issue.

If you are stuck with old, single pane windows, and replacing them is not an option, then the other option is to try and reduce the humidity in the house. You could run a dehumidifier, but a better option would be to evacuate the humidity via ventilation to the outdoors. Humidity typically comes from your bathrooms, stovetop ranges, and washer and dryer. Ideally, each of those rooms or appliances should be properly ventilated to the outside.

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kkngs t1_j6jzzvs wrote

Sadly, where I live the outside humidity is even higher than indoors, so running ventilation fans inside only increases total humidity as that air gets replaced.

Edit: if it’s sufficiently cold out, the rise in temp when the outside air warms up can make the ventilation idea work at higher humidity levels, but in Houston this still doesn’t work out very often

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