As the winter chill rolls on most of us are battling with condensation on our windows, which can lead to unwanted mould or other damage. Tackling condensation, especially when you're conscious of heating bills, is a tricky task as heat is the key way to stop it forming.
The moisture exists in the air then turns to liquid on your window as it hits the cold glass, so warming your room up can prevent this stark temperature change. For most of us, cranking the heating up for long stretches of time just simply isn't an option with skyrocketing energy prices, so people have been considering alternative ways to battle condensation.
One woman shared her top tip to keep your home warmer and banish condensation with one 'magic' product that costs just £3.50.
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Taking to TikTok with her affordable hack, user @clairedouglasstyling showed a simple way to reduce condensation. She used a cheap window insulation kit on her windows and posted the results.
In her video she lists the good points she found about using the window insulation, writing: "Room felt warmer, less heat loss = saving on bills, no condensation on windows, cheap, easy to fit, can open window."
Claire shows the product with the packaging which looks to be a plastic sheet to cover over the window. She then cuts to a clip of her windows which look clean and clear, with nothing to indicate there was anything on them.
In a previous video she showed herself putting the sheet up which she taped around her window and cut to size. She then uses a hair dryer to heat up the product so it shapes better to the window, giving a less obvious look.
She wrote: "Sounds too good to be true" as she pushed against the now taught plastic protecting her window.
Each criteria was bullet pointed and ticked off after her test, showing that it worked for her home. Claire added in the caption: "As air temp decreases the volume of moisture it can hold decreases (a room at 20c can hold twice the amount of water vapour that a room at 10c can). When the warmer air hits a cold surface it causes condensation.
"Therefore, these kits will help increase the room temp marginally (by reducing heat loss through inefficient windows) and stop the windows attracting condensation but won't eliminate air moisture if your house is poorly heated and/or ventilated - so if you suffer with very bad condensation due to the heating being off a lot use with a dehumidifier if you can.
"In short, these are fantastic value at £3.50 and will deffo help but won't fix all your problems on their own."
Commenters asked where she purchased this clever condensation clearing kit from and although Claire did not answer with where she specifically had got hers, one helpful commenter added that they could be purchased on Amazon.
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