condensation on cistern

[Phil]

It never ceases to amaze me the incompetance of some tradesmen, I've only got a couple of years experience but even I know at this time of year mains fed cisterns develop condensation and this needs to be ruled out before cisterns are swapped.

We have a tiled bathroom floor (black tiles) and the cistern is streaming, so much so that there's is a puddle on the floor!

Maybe I should take the toilet back.

 

[pompei]

Great Phil! And maybe my plumber should try gurning with my loo seat.

 

[REDSAW]

where are you pompei?.
i for one would pop round if near to me.

 

[pompei]

I wish. And thank you anyway, but I'm afraid I'm located in the middle of the Irish Sea.

 

[HTB]

Pompeii is it feasible to drill (with hole saw) a couple of holes in the foot panel/plinth of the built in section in order to get a bit of domestic warmed air through the unit??

You could cover them with little breather grills (buy the grills first so you get the right size hole saw). If it can be done do as many as you can, even if it doesn't prevent condensation, it will help to dry out the boards.

Good luck.

H

 

[pompei]

HTB. Thanks for your idea. At the moment I don't think that I can do anything to the plinth as it's splitting and bubbling. I'm beginning to think that the problem is a bit more than condensation. Although condensation still exists even with the lid left off, window open and heat in the room. I've stopped it hitting the floorboards by wrapping old towels around all pipes inside the housing but the plinth and floorboards inside the housing are still very wet after two weeks. So I'm thinking, is the loo leaking now from when it was stripped for the new cistern. Just one problem after another. At least the 'new' bungalow is a tiny terraced. But I still have to work on an answer for this before being sold. Thank you anyway

 

[REDSAW]

up pompey...

are you sure its not high tide?.

 

[pompei]

Good one. Except - 'my ship's not coming in'

 

[bobpape]

HTB
You have come closest to solving the problem.

Condensation in a building occurs in "areas of least air movement" therefore to cure it
all you have to do is encourage air circulation in effected areas,

This could be with a fan or a radiator or in the case of a hideaway, providing dedicated ventilation holes might help. Just remember air circulation will cure it.