lalaland
Lovin' The Homestead
Help! I have a house that is in its 3rd winter. Extra insulation in the walls when it was built, low E windows.
I do not have a heat exchanger. Do have a high velocity exhaust fan. There are two of us, and the water condensing on the windows is really bad this year.
I know there is a relation between temp of house and humidity level. I have increased the air temp up to 70 (used to keep it at 62) and am running two ceiling fans 24/7. Running the exhaust fan as much as I can stand it, which is about 10 hours a day.
MOLD is starting on the corners of the house, interior walls. MOLD is starting on the windows, and now today showed up on the edge of the wall where it meets the ceiling, mostly on the south side of the house.
Steel roof, steel siding. No interior source of fresh air.
Any suggestions? HELP! I am so upset that this is happening, last year all I had to do was wipe the windows dry twice a day.
It is brutal cold today, -23 this am, but warming up to -10, but water problem was present all winter with temps in the low digits above zero.
Forgot to say: no shower, I run the exhaust when running a bath, dryer is vented outside, only the stove uses propane gas, house is heated with infloor heat run with an electric boiler, I have a wood stove, but water is dripping from the ceiling where the stove pipe exits the roof.
I've read all the sites about humidity, I don't know what I can do to reduce it. Should I buy a de humidifier?
I do not have a heat exchanger. Do have a high velocity exhaust fan. There are two of us, and the water condensing on the windows is really bad this year.
I know there is a relation between temp of house and humidity level. I have increased the air temp up to 70 (used to keep it at 62) and am running two ceiling fans 24/7. Running the exhaust fan as much as I can stand it, which is about 10 hours a day.
MOLD is starting on the corners of the house, interior walls. MOLD is starting on the windows, and now today showed up on the edge of the wall where it meets the ceiling, mostly on the south side of the house.
Steel roof, steel siding. No interior source of fresh air.
Any suggestions? HELP! I am so upset that this is happening, last year all I had to do was wipe the windows dry twice a day.
It is brutal cold today, -23 this am, but warming up to -10, but water problem was present all winter with temps in the low digits above zero.
Forgot to say: no shower, I run the exhaust when running a bath, dryer is vented outside, only the stove uses propane gas, house is heated with infloor heat run with an electric boiler, I have a wood stove, but water is dripping from the ceiling where the stove pipe exits the roof.
I've read all the sites about humidity, I don't know what I can do to reduce it. Should I buy a de humidifier?