[vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”0″ rt_padding_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”5\/6″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text]It\u2019s winter.\u00a0 It\u2019s cold.\u00a0 But at least you know your roof is cosy with all those inches of cushiony insulation keeping that expensive warm air from escaping into the wintery atmosphere, right?\u00a0 Great!\u00a0 Now how much outside air do you have coming in to the roof?\u00a0 Wherever there is insulation, there has to be ventilation.\u00a0 Ventilation provides balance.\u00a0 Ventilation prevents the insulation from suffocating the property, allowing it to breathe.<\/p>\n
In an unvented or under-ventilated roof space condensation will occur when the warm, moisture laden air meets the much colder surfaces of the roof such as felt and timbers.\u00a0 At this point the warm air is cooled below the dew point temperature resulting in water drops (condensation).\u00a0 Left untreated this water can start to rot timbers, and drip down saturating the insulation and your stored items.<\/p>\n
Our tips for removing condensation from a roof space:<\/p>\n
Are the soffit boards\/eaves ventilated at the front and the back of the property?\u00a0 If not don\u2019t worry just yet.<\/p>\n
Move everything out from between the rafters and check for daylight coming through roof vents at the bottom of the eaves in between each rafter. If you can see daylight \u2013great. \u00a0If you can\u2019t it may be that there isn\u2019t a vent or the insulation was pushed too far down when laid and now blocks it.<\/p>\n
Try to establish if the roof has a breathable membrane.<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[vc_row rt_row_background_width=”default” rt_row_style=”default-style” rt_row_borders=”” rt_row_paddings=”true” rt_bg_effect=”classic” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”cover” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll” rt_bg_video_format=”self-hosted” rt_padding_top=”0″ rt_padding_bottom=”0″][vc_column width=”5\/6″ rt_wrp_col_paddings=”false” rt_border_top=”” rt_border_bottom=”” rt_border_left=”” rt_border_right=”” rt_border_top_mobile=”” rt_border_bottom_mobile=”” rt_border_left_mobile=”” rt_border_right_mobile=”” rt_bg_image_repeat=”repeat” rt_bg_size=”auto auto” rt_bg_position=”right top” rt_bg_attachment=”scroll”][vc_column_text]It\u2019s winter.\u00a0 It\u2019s cold.\u00a0 But at least you know your roof is cosy with all those inches of cushiony insulation keeping that expensive warm air from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[205,251,302,303],"class_list":["post-16437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-roofing-ventilation-news","tag-condensation","tag-mould-from-condensation","tag-roof-condensation","tag-roof-ventilation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16437"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24699,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16437\/revisions\/24699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rts.vents.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}