condensation in kitchen

lollol

How can I stop or reduce this. It happens usually when I am cooking for long periods of time

pollys

We have this, water runs down the walls in winter when we are cooking. The only thing that seems to help is to open the window and door as soon as we start cooking. Not good when it's freezing/snowing/raining.

pollys

phill99

A number of things will reduce the condensation.
Make sure you use lids on your pans as this will help keep the moisture contained.
1. Keep a window open.
2. Ensure the kitchen door is shut so the moisture doesn't start affecting other parts of the house.
3. Install mechanical extraction in the kitchen eg a wall fan or an over cooker extractor fan (one that is ducted to take the moisture outsude, not simply recirculate it)
4. As part of a longer term project, you need to get the walls insulated so that they are no longer 'cold spots' for the moisture to condensate on.

ariba10

A Good extractor fan is the best.

Also have look here.

http://www.harfordsonline.com/downloads/condensation%20info.pdf

lollol

pollys wrote: »

We have this, water runs down the walls in winter when we are cooking. The only thing that seems to help is to open the window and door as soon as we start cooking. Not good when it's freezing/snowing/raining.

pollys

Thats exactly what happens in my kitchen as well. and I hate that it leaves drip marks on the walls as well.
I am planning to have my kitchen done soon as well so I am worried that this will ruin it.

lollol

phill99 wrote: »

A number of things will reduce the condensation.
Make sure you use lids on your pans as this will help keep the moisture contained.
1. Keep a window open.
2. Ensure the kitchen door is shut so the moisture doesn't start affecting other parts of the house.
3. Install mechanical extraction in the kitchen eg a wall fan or an over cooker extractor fan (one that is ducted to take the moisture outsude, not simply recirculate it)
4. As part of a longer term project, you need to get the walls insulated so that they are no longer 'cold spots' for the moisture to condensate on.[/QUOTE]


I live in a first floor flat and at the end of the block and how can I get this done

iamcornholio

Obviously you need to get the steam out as soon as possible, and the simplist method is to fit a cooker hood, installed so as to extract to the external air - and not just set to recirculate

Debt_Free_Chick

lollol wrote: »

I live in a first floor flat and at the end of the block and how can I get this done

Just checking ... you have no window in your kitchen?

lollol

i do have a window yes but even when open the place still drips terribly

Debt_Free_Chick

lollol wrote: »

i do have a window yes but even when open the place still drips terribly

I rather suspect that the flat (the whole building) is already insulated and that this is the problem. Insulation makes the inside nice & warm - but where it meets the outside, the contrast between warm and cold is so great that you get condensation.

I have a detached house with NO insulation .... but no condensation, either!

Condensation results when you have warm moist air meeting cold air (your warm kitchen with the steam from cooking, meeting the outside wall). You need to equalise the temperature somehow. Hang around for more suggestions (as I'm just a girly!!!)

olly300

Debt_Free_Chick wrote: »

Hang around for more suggestions (as I'm just a girly!!!)

Don't but yourself down.