With the cold weather that has been plaguing the country for the last few days, people have had to battle with troublesome condensation in their homes.
Condensation appears when cold surfaces meet the warm air inside, causing droplets to form and create pools of water inside your home. This can in turn lead to mould, which can cause serious health issues later down the line.
The best thing is to prevent it from happening, but unless you're in a new-build, it can be very difficult to stop it al-together.
An expert from Verified by Expert Trades has shared the main reason you're getting condensation recently in a TikTok video, and also shared the ways you can avoid it.
According to the expert, one of the main reasons you're experiencing condensation right now is due to poor ventilation. One of the business' experts explained: "It occurs when we've got a warm atmosphere touching cold atmosphere.
"Those warm water droplets or water vapour will stick to that cold surface and then it condenses, turning into water, as such. And then you'll have puddles on your windowsill."
The "key" to stopping condensation is improving ventilation in your home, says the plumber.
Filming from inside a property, the plumber shows some tips that could help prevent condensation. He said: "We're lucky here, we've got brand new windows and they've got things called trickle vents on.
"You can leave these open so you've not going to have that massive contrast in temperatures."
If you're in an older property, the expert says you can open you're window slightly if there's a latch lock so you can keep a bit of air coming in. He added: "That's going to do the exact same thing as a trickle vent."
Lastly, the expert says if you've got an extraction fan, for example in the bathroom, that could do the trick. He added: "If you've already got one, clean it. That's one of the big things. They do get full of dust and dirt.
"Can you upgrade to a more powerful one? If you're got one in the ceiling, your fan will be in the loft somewhere, which will vent out to another place. How long is that run? Can we make that run shorter of flexible pipe so it's got a free flow of air going to it."
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