Experiencing window condensation in your home? Just like a cold beverage “sweats,” moisture on the inside of your window occurs when water vapor in warm air makes contact with a cold surface. Condensation will happen now and then, even if you have high-quality windows installed in your home, so it’s important to understand why it occurs. The window installation and siding experts at Bel-Aire Home Improvement in Platteville, WI, explain the main causes of condensation and provide a few easy tips you can enlist to stop moisture build-up in your home.

5 Tips to Reduce Condensation on Your Windows

1. Get a Vapor Barrier

Cover your crawl space’s floor with a quality vapor barrier. Typically a sheet of plastic or foil, vapor barriers are materials used for damp-proofing. They stop moisture from moving through your walls, ceiling, and floors.

2. Run Exhaust Fans

Activities that use water in your home, such as long showers, will drive up your humidity levels, and thus, increase condensation. Combat this by turning on exhaust fans in your kitchen while cooking, as well as in the bathroom while bathing.

3. Treat Houseplants

There is a lot of moisture in houseplants’ soil, which can be absorbed into your home’s air. You can stop this by covering the soil with a piece of cloth and being sure not to overwater. Also, consider limiting the number of houseplants you have and be sure to keep them in the same sunny room.

4. Increase Temperatures

Upping the temperature in your home can help minimize moisture. Open your blinds and drapes to let the sun warm your home naturally. You can also turn up the heat on your HVAC device’s control panel to decrease relative humidity.

5. Call an Expert

If you haven’t made energy efficient upgrades to your home, it’s wise to call your local window installation, roofing insulation, and siding expert to determine whether high humidity levels can be improved by purchasing other materials.

Serving the greater Tri-State area, Bel-Aire Home Improvement is a trusted general contractor with experience helping residential and commercial customers meet their roofing, window installation, insulation, and siding needs. Give them a call today at (608) 348-­2381 to schedule a consultation, or visit their website for more information about their window repair and installation services.