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nickjaxe
Condensation in a loft space.
My Daughter rang me in a panic this evening....dad the house roof is leaking...
Turns out her husband was in the loft getting the Xmas decoration down and was horrified to see water over the boxes he put up there a few weeks ago when they moved in....not long married and there first house,
I spoke to him on the phone....there seems to be water everywhere...we must need a new roof...what are we going to do...
I ask...are you sure its not Condensation...no he replies...can you come quickly and have a look...what should we do,
Anyway we drive over I climb up the loft access ladder...and see black felt type stuff under the roof tiles with lots of water droplets on it,
Looks like condensation to me I say...then I spot 2 big plastic water tanks one with a lid on the other without,
Where is the lid off that one I ask....oh there it is he says the plumber we had out the other week may have left it off...he was up here doing something,
Anyway as best we can we refit the lid...they don't fit that well on either,
So is Condensation in the loft space a problem in modern houses with tiled roofs....the loft decking has around 6" of insulation down so I expect it get quite cold up there....
I wonder what significance the water tank with its missing lid had on the problem and is there a way to stop the Condensation....I suggested they leave the trap down open for a few days to get some heat up there and look again to see if the water on the underside of the felt has gone,
The main body of the 2 big plastic water tanks have fibreglass insulation around them...the sort that immersion tanks used to have....but the lids are unlagged.....should the lids be lagged if so what with....the water tanks are circular about 30" dia.
Nick.
My Daughter rang me in a panic this evening....dad the house roof is leaking...
Turns out her husband was in the loft getting the Xmas decoration down and was horrified to see water over the boxes he put up there a few weeks ago when they moved in....not long married and there first house,
I spoke to him on the phone....there seems to be water everywhere...we must need a new roof...what are we going to do...
I ask...are you sure its not Condensation...no he replies...can you come quickly and have a look...what should we do,
Anyway we drive over I climb up the loft access ladder...and see black felt type stuff under the roof tiles with lots of water droplets on it,
Looks like condensation to me I say...then I spot 2 big plastic water tanks one with a lid on the other without,
Where is the lid off that one I ask....oh there it is he says the plumber we had out the other week may have left it off...he was up here doing something,
Anyway as best we can we refit the lid...they don't fit that well on either,
So is Condensation in the loft space a problem in modern houses with tiled roofs....the loft decking has around 6" of insulation down so I expect it get quite cold up there....
I wonder what significance the water tank with its missing lid had on the problem and is there a way to stop the Condensation....I suggested they leave the trap down open for a few days to get some heat up there and look again to see if the water on the underside of the felt has gone,
The main body of the 2 big plastic water tanks have fibreglass insulation around them...the sort that immersion tanks used to have....but the lids are unlagged.....should the lids be lagged if so what with....the water tanks are circular about 30" dia.
Nick.