Thursday, February 28, 2019

A Tiny Bit of Condensation

How humid does this Tiny Home feel? Well, on a super sunny winter day, there's a bit of condensation on the north facing window. But really, only a bit under these specific circumstances. The weather was -17 C. outside, and 30 C. inside. That's a 47 degree differential. Pretty wild numbers, aren't they. (And did I mention again that this took no heating source to maintain while the sun was out? All free passive heat for 8 hours.)

One of the main reason that we bought and built this particular Tiny Home was that we wanted a well insulated home that would feel like a home and not a trailer. We wanted it to be air tight. We visited several other Tiny Homes, and we heard that condensation can be a big problem. One owner told me that water ran down her walls and soaked all her clothing and articles. She had built the home herself, and it had insulation. That freaked me out and made me understand the difference between a cheap shack and this Zen Shed. The air quality needs to be good to feel good in a Tiny Home, and love my choice. 

1 comment:

  1. It's easy to have no condensation if the inside air is bone dry. If you have say 30% or more relative humidity inside you could start getting condensation on windows if they aren't sealed glass units etc. If you want to keep down static electricity ( can be a problem in dry air) but control humidity build up you could think about some thing like an air to air heat exchanger.

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