Recent content by chuckalicious

Unfortunately the loft is floored so would be a nightmare lifting it all.

Yeah the instructions do say to ensure gaps in ceilings are well sealed. The lights all have a rubber gasket, but I don’t know how I’d seal them any better than that. Is there a reversible (ie not gluing) way of doing this?

Yup, I get that. The only way I can see that being a problem is if the PIV is putting too much airflow into the house and rather than it escaping through trickle vents it’s sneaking it’s way through the lights as well. There was no condensation in the loft prior to the PIV being fitted. Loft...

Yes there are downlighters throughout the house. No plumbing or tanks or other water sources in the loft. Well sealed loft hatch. Washing only dried in utility extension with no adjoining roof space - dehumidifier always running.

This is what I’m trying to figure out. So far the loft monitoring shows a steady temperature and humidity, regardless of what is happening in the house (ie showers with extraction, hob extractor on etc) suggesting there are no major leaks into the loft. I had wondered if the ducting for my...

Hi John. I did have a good look through that thread, but didn’t see anything specific to my issues - ie the increase in airflow in the loft and condensation. My understanding is that it’s often poor airflow that causes condensation.

Of course, I should have realised that.

Ok, just got the monitors and have set them up. How can the loft have a higher % than the house??

The loft has not had any condensation issues in the past, which I assume would have happened if the loft was not adequately ventilated (prior to the PIV). I do have the PIV on quite high just now. Maybe I should slow it down a bit. I wish I had the funds for a full MHVR system as it’d be...

Thanks Stem. I’m unsure how I can figure out if the loft has enough ventilation and that the air is able to escape the house adequately. All windows have trickle vents which are open and functional. I’ve bought a set of remote temp and humidity sensors to monitor the loft under different...

So here’s an odd one. My 1980s bungalow has always had issues with condensation, looking at the water damage to the wooden window sills. When we moved in, I had mechanical ventilation installed in both bathrooms with humidistats, plus we use a decent dehumidifier in a closed utility room to...

Actually thinking about it, do I need that overlay strip at all? Why not just use sealant around the frame rather than that strip with sealant on both sides?

Hi folks. Have a house with double glazing that was put in in 2002. Internal frames are quite damaged by condensation and it has always seemed like there’s cold bridging. I noticed today that the external sides have a sort of plastic facing which is siliconed between the frame and the wall...

Although we are hugely moving away from the original topic, I do agree that the move to electric is in general, a good thing. Demand for a resource will always produce more efficient ways of getting the resource, so we may not have perfect electricity generating tech yet, but we hopefully will...

To be honest I wish we had put one in when we built the extension, but we we sometimes have our main shower (off the combi) plus the electric at the same time and we’re worried the boiler wouldn’t cope with that rate of hot water at the same time, so we went for electric. To run hot water to...