Condensation in conservatory - what ventilation

Chang · 21 Dec 2020

Chang said:
My tenants are indeed first time renters. There seems to be lack of awareness of dealing with condensation, they even reported the problem as "roof leaks". And my impression is that they expect the conservatory to be a "normal" room, actually they use it as dining room from what I see.
I would prefer not having this conservatory but we bought the house with it and it is unlikely we can get rid of it at the moment. So I will make it clear they need to adjust their way of using the conservatory to mitigate the issue but again from my side I do want to do something to improve the situation, hence the question about adding vents. But so far seems no one has suggested if that could be an option...

Harry Bloomfield · 21 Dec 2020

Chang said:
So I will make it clear they need to adjust their way to use the conservatory to mitigate the issue but again from my side I do want to do something to improve the situation, hence the question about adding vents. But so far seems no one has suggested if that could be an option...

The roof is a double walled clear plastic. A friend of mine had a similar roof on his conservatory and the coldness and condensation caused by the roof made it totally unusable in the colder months. I fancy you could have vents installed in the upper white panels, between the DG and the roof. They might help a little, but make the room even colder. You may find tenants blocking the vents to reduce the cold draught.

You mention a curtain - is that all there is between the original part of the house and the conservatory?

A curtain will make almost zero difference to keeping the warmth and moisture level in the house, there should be proper outer type doors to close the conservatory off from the main house, unless the conservatory is up to standard so far as the insulation is concerned. Obviously from the photos it is not, it is intended as a warmer weather only conservatory.

diy_fun_uk · 22 Dec 2020

Chang said:
My tenants are indeed first time renters. There seems to be lack of awareness of dealing with condensation, they even reported the problem as "roof leaks". And my impression is that they expect the conservatory to be a "normal" room, actually they use it as dining room from what I see.
I would prefer not having this conservatory but we bought the house with it and it is unlikely we can get rid of it at the moment. So I will make it clear they need to adjust their way to use the conservatory to mitigate the issue but again from my side I do want to do something to improve the situation, hence the question about adding vents. But so far seems no one has suggested if that could be an option...

I went through this with the young tenants I mentioned earlier. It became apparent they had no idea their lack of opening windows after baths etc could be a contributing factor. I ended up printing off advice on how to keep rooms ventilated including how to wipe down any signs of mould on first appearance etc. They thanked me for the tips, however not all tenants would! You could maybe do something similar for them e.g. advise why that space is prone to condensation and give them hints/tips on how to mitigate best they can.

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Condensation in conservatory - what ventilation

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