Damp patch at side of new PVC window

ceredigion

fundamentally the window is too far forwood

southcoastrgi

good to see safety first & you put the strap around your wrist incase you dropped the camera

I would also be asking why the profile has been made in two halfs ? did someone get the height wrong i wonder, personally I'd be wanting that replaced

Lobsta

It took a long time for us to convince them to come out as they kept saying its just condensation, stop drying your clothes indoors! Eventually after explaining that one window actually had water running down the recess they came out :eek: . They also had to refit our front door as it wasnt in straight and the draught was awful, there are still 2 doors not straight but like I said they never turn up as theres no money in it for them, we are now thinking about going to fensa.

Its gone on so long because the problem only flares up at this time of year, with the driving rain and condensation on the walls from the inadequate sealing around the windows allowing cold air in. :mad: (I dont dry clothes indoors and ventilate so the condensation is predominately their fault)

I would advise you to be persistent with them until they fix it, whether they understand the problem or not it's their problem to fix!

CouponWoman

ceredigion wrote: »

fundamentally the window is too far forwood

The new window is exactly the same depth as the old one we took out. If we wanted to sink the window further in we would have to remove all the plaster inside the window.

CWxx

CouponWoman

southcoastrgi wrote: »

good to see safety first & you put the strap around your wrist incase you dropped the camera

I would also be asking why the profile has been made in two halfs ? did someone get the height wrong i wonder, personally I'd be wanting that replaced

Again that is exactly how the previous window was. Didn't know it wasn;t supposed to be like that

CWxx

CouponWoman

Lobsta wrote: »

It took a long time for us to convince them to come out as they kept saying its just condensation, stop drying your clothes indoors! Eventually after explaining that one window actually had water running down the recess they came out :eek: . They also had to refit our front door as it wasnt in straight and the draught was awful, there are still 2 doors not straight but like I said they never turn up as theres no money in it for them, we are now thinking about going to fensa.

Its gone on so long because the problem only flares up at this time of year, with the driving rain and condensation on the walls from the inadequate sealing around the windows allowing cold air in. :mad: (I dont dry clothes indoors and ventilate so the condensation is predominately their fault)

I would advise you to be persistent with them until they fix it, whether they understand the problem or not it's their problem to fix!

Hope you get yours sorted. Its a nightmare isn;t it.

CWxx

missprice

southcoastrgi wrote: »

good to see safety first & you put the strap around your wrist incase you dropped the camera

I would also be asking why the profile has been made in two halfs ? did someone get the height wrong i wonder, personally I'd be wanting that replaced

Heck your right, that's a window of two halves. Think that is OPs problem.
Are all your windows the same OP?

paye

The problem could be caused by a term known as 'cold bridging' this is when warm air , moist air in the property comes into contact with the cooler surface of the property typically around window reveals , this causes the moisture to chill which results in surface condensation. One way to stop this is by stopping the thermal bridge (cold bridge) you can do this by adding thermal board around the window reveal on battons.

ceredigion

CouponWoman wrote: »

The new window is exactly the same depth as the old one we took out. If we wanted to sink the window further in we would have to remove all the plaster inside the window.

CWxx

I didn't say it wasn't , but your original windows were obviously in the wrong place also. Looking from the outside ,they should be set 4 inches back ,so the front of the window is just behind the vertical DPC that runs up the brick work ,separating the inner course from the outer. Your windows are so far forward ,the outer course of bricks are actually protruding into your living area and that course of bricks isn't protected by a DPC. Hence the damp problem. You can seal and point all you like and you may stop it ,but fundamentally your window is too far forward.

DHFrames

The sealant seems to be ok, you might want to the hose down the sealant and see if anything comes through. Preferably the window could do with being set back in by at least 3in, yes the plaster and window board would need chopping back but doing this will restrict any cold bridging if that's the problem. Trial and error
The manky tin flashing has obviously been put there previously, you might want to check the sealant along the top
Let us know how u go