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Nottingham Post
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Lucy Aplin & Gemma Toulson

3 minute window tip to help get rid of condensation in just minutes

Condensation causes issues in many homes across Nottinghamshire and beyond.

Damp and black mould can impact on the value of our home, as well as our health.

Research conducted by Rentokil found that roughly 5.8million British renters have experienced damp or condensation issues at some point in their tenancy.

While, homeowners will try to remove condensation by opening a window, releasing the stuffy air from the house. However this can lead to freezing cold rooms, the Mirror reports.

Now one trusty user has suggested a tip to help get rid of condensation.

Posting on the site, the handy helper said: "In Germany, we have a technique called 'Stosslüften'.

"What that basically means is that instead of having maybe one window open all day (which is a huge waste of energy), open several windows all over the house for three minutes, creating a strong draft to exchange most of the warm humid air inside the house with cold air from outside.

"A cool feature about cold air is that it can 'hold' less water vapour.

"If this relatively dry cold air enters your house, it warms up.

"Being warmer, it is suddenly capable of taking up some of the extra humidity from inside your house.

"This might sound a little weird at first but is advocated in schools and so on. I use that technique and it works.

"Do this several times a day and you should really see a change."

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