I'd much appreciate views and experiences on these two, related issues...
I'm fed up with condensation forming on my old (mid 80's?) double glazed windows so I'm looking into triple glazing. Current windows throughout the bungalow are polyester powder coated aluminium framed with thermal breaks & approx 25 - 28mm gap between panes.
Every morning from around November to March, I need to mop up water at the base of my existing double glazed windows in the bathroom, bedroom and lounge (patio doors) despite taking care to avoid moisture moving around the place from source, typically kitchen and bathroom.
We have good ventilation in all rooms (bedroom window open 24/7 - unless we're out, bathroom ventilated by open window and air brick, lounge has open chimney and approx 2m of trickle vent on patio doors and all other rooms have high level air bricks). I can see that most of the water has condensed on the window frame rather than the glass.
Can I expect reputable triple glazed replacement windows to elimate condensation entirely? Also, will the (presently very obvious) cold spots in rooms, due to air close to the windows cooling down and causing a down-draft, be a thing of the past?
Thanks in anticipation.
I'm fed up with condensation forming on my old (mid 80's?) double glazed windows so I'm looking into triple glazing. Current windows throughout the bungalow are polyester powder coated aluminium framed with thermal breaks & approx 25 - 28mm gap between panes.
Every morning from around November to March, I need to mop up water at the base of my existing double glazed windows in the bathroom, bedroom and lounge (patio doors) despite taking care to avoid moisture moving around the place from source, typically kitchen and bathroom.
We have good ventilation in all rooms (bedroom window open 24/7 - unless we're out, bathroom ventilated by open window and air brick, lounge has open chimney and approx 2m of trickle vent on patio doors and all other rooms have high level air bricks). I can see that most of the water has condensed on the window frame rather than the glass.
Can I expect reputable triple glazed replacement windows to elimate condensation entirely? Also, will the (presently very obvious) cold spots in rooms, due to air close to the windows cooling down and causing a down-draft, be a thing of the past?
Thanks in anticipation.