Toilet cover (to stop condensation dripping)

letsbetfair

Condensation drips from my toilet cistern onto the floor below. From looking online, one solution is just to put a fabric cover over it. I'm struggling to find one, though - can anyone point me towards where I can get one!

Thanks. Hope this is in the right forum - please move if not.

Mr_Singleton

Errrrrr..... fix your toilet???

coffeehound

Presumably from condensation forming on the cistern.

There must be a lot of humidity for this to happen - is the extractor fan up to the job?

martinthebandit

Open a window?

unrecordings

Per the previous posters, fix the condensation problem first. A fabric cover hold the moisture and stop dripping sounds like a bad idea

rach_k

Improve ventilation and/or heat the room?

If that's not an option, I'd just get an old towel and fold it where the drips land, then wash it regularly.

letsbetfair

Thanks. I do open the window regularly, and heat the room (not baking, but comfortable). It may be a temporary thing - the shower there is being used much more often than usual, as the other is broken. I think the water is also coming in really cold, which doesn't help!

Might go for the towel option, and see if it improves when the other shower is working!

Novice_investor101

My cistern used to have a lot of condensation on it after I'd had a shower especially if I'd also just flushed the toilet & it refilled with icy cold water.
Opening the window & running the fan didn't help much as the moisture in the air condensed as soon as it hit the cold surface. I just wiped it down but it didn't really dry off until the cold water warmed up to room temp. Luckily it wasn't dripping wet.
A dehumidifier keeping the whole house at about 55% humidity seems to have helped this winter as I've not noticed it yet this year.

Eenymeeny

I keep a microfleece cloth folded behind the cistern and wipe the cistern down whenever I notice it/remember. It keeps the condensation down and I just wash it regularly. It's only a winter problem.

THIRZAH

We had this problem . When our bathroom was replaced in the spring I asked the fitter about it. He said that condensation should be less of a problem with a modern cistern as they were smaller and contained less water so weren't as cold. I've not noticed any condensation yet but am keeping a close eye on it.