Break the mould: How to keep your home condensation-free

Revealed: The essential strategy to win the war against condensation, damp, black mould, and mildew

There are ways you can actively fight condensation issues before you can afford investment solutions such as reducing water run-off around windows. File picture

Did you know that a family of four (two adults and two kids) release approximately 20l of water vapour back into the air just through breathing? Buttoned into the house after hours, the atmosphere in many older homes is downright clammy. Condensation issues can be misidentified and even exploited by unscrupulous cowboy contractors as rising damp or other weatherproofing/structural issues in the home.

Peeling wallpaper, pooling water on windowsills, musty smells, mysterious winter coughs and visible black mould and mildew. Your breath combined with normal domestic activities, could be wreaking havoc on the interior environment, particularly during these darker months.