Window "leak" + Oregon storms = wet bed
My beautiful Scotsman is 49 years old and still has the original windows. The larger window near my bed leaked pretty badly, so after several failed attempts at finding the source of the leak and mode...
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Being a fellow western oregonian, I sympathize with you for our current weather!! And I've also delt with condensation. First, the aluminum window frame will cool faster than glass and hence pick up condensation before the glass. So you may or may not have a leak. However, here is what I would do that will help find out.
Go to BiMart, Freddy's, etc. and pick up a small portable dehumidifier, something that will hold 30 pints or so. Will cost around $100. plug it in and run if for a few days. More than likely you will completely fill the 3 gallon tank within 8-12 hours, then fill it again in less than 24 hours. Once humidity is down to a reasonable level, see what you get on the windows,
And then keep the humidifier around for those fall/winter camping trips to the coast in the rain. works wonders.
Ventelation alone is a marginal solution now. RH is near 100% outside, outside temps are reasonably high, so you are near the dew point even inside unless the inside temps are in the mid 70's includingthe temp on the window or frame surface. Hard to do.
Go to BiMart, Freddy's, etc. and pick up a small portable dehumidifier, something that will hold 30 pints or so. Will cost around $100. plug it in and run if for a few days. More than likely you will completely fill the 3 gallon tank within 8-12 hours, then fill it again in less than 24 hours. Once humidity is down to a reasonable level, see what you get on the windows,
And then keep the humidifier around for those fall/winter camping trips to the coast in the rain. works wonders.
Ventelation alone is a marginal solution now. RH is near 100% outside, outside temps are reasonably high, so you are near the dew point even inside unless the inside temps are in the mid 70's includingthe temp on the window or frame surface. Hard to do.
