Hi all,
My mum had her windows upgraded from crittal windows to pvc double glazing in 2006 and has a certificate. The windows look brilliant and have served her well until fairly recently. I did some work for her last year and insulated between the floor joints while fitting her new flooring. I've noticed that ever since doing that she has had spots of condensation in corners of windows and and in some rooms. I've told her that I probably caused this and have offered to retro-fit some more trickle vents into windows (which there is room for) or pay a proper window fitter to retro-fit them, as this will increase the passive air exchange and hopefully solve the problem. She does have trickle vents in some of the windows already, but not all of them.
However, further to this has been a problem where moisture is being trapped within the glass, which started happening around the same time. She has phoned the chap (very nice guy) who fitted the windows originally and he has told her that the glass will need replacing in some of the windows where the moisture is trapped within the glass. This could be quite expensive and sounds totally bizarre to me, but then again, I'm not a window fitter.
I'm a little confused about whether his advice is accurate or whether it's me that is wrong and that they should indeed need replacing where the moisture is being trapped.
In theory I could pay him to replace the faulty glass AND retro-fit some trickles at the same time. Just need a second opinion.
Many thanks
My mum had her windows upgraded from crittal windows to pvc double glazing in 2006 and has a certificate. The windows look brilliant and have served her well until fairly recently. I did some work for her last year and insulated between the floor joints while fitting her new flooring. I've noticed that ever since doing that she has had spots of condensation in corners of windows and and in some rooms. I've told her that I probably caused this and have offered to retro-fit some more trickle vents into windows (which there is room for) or pay a proper window fitter to retro-fit them, as this will increase the passive air exchange and hopefully solve the problem. She does have trickle vents in some of the windows already, but not all of them.
However, further to this has been a problem where moisture is being trapped within the glass, which started happening around the same time. She has phoned the chap (very nice guy) who fitted the windows originally and he has told her that the glass will need replacing in some of the windows where the moisture is trapped within the glass. This could be quite expensive and sounds totally bizarre to me, but then again, I'm not a window fitter.
I'm a little confused about whether his advice is accurate or whether it's me that is wrong and that they should indeed need replacing where the moisture is being trapped.
In theory I could pay him to replace the faulty glass AND retro-fit some trickles at the same time. Just need a second opinion.
Many thanks