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Can someone tell me what’s happening here?
Just came home and noticed this. It’s the top of the door that leads to my bathroom. So confused because i have not showered since 6:30 am this morning. TIA
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Condensation. Warm sticky air in your bathroom vs cool dry air from AC.
Sticky?
*humid
Your bathroom exhaust fan isn’t up to the job
Where hot meets cold, you’re going to get mold.
Forgot to add- that is water.
A lot of it too
They’re tears.
Condensation
Such an aggravation
Oversized AC unit
Bathroom fan not powerful enough or broken
Insufficient r value in the attic
The problem here is warm meeting cold and causing condensation. What the root of the issue could be one or all things I listed.
It’s the backside of water !
Ac unit could be oversized to your house.
My god, that would be a delightful problem i have never known anyone to have. I spent 20+ years as a real estate broker and it was always an issue of undersized.
I’m guessing. When a unit is oversized it runs for too short of a time. This means the humidity that needs to be removed from your home doesn’t get removed because the ac doesn’t run long enough.
Amen
No. It provides less relief than a properly (or slightly undersized). Oversized units do not deal with excess moisture well. Humidity will make a person feel hotter than moderately elevated temperatures.
You mean people think it was undersized?
It should run a lot - more than half the day. People don't like that but it's the correct way to have optimal dehumidification.
Pinhole leak ? Cold ceiling so it condensing at the junction of warm cold ? At first I thought you were pointing to the complex trim work …
37 pieces
Any chance the AC lines are passing through the wall above the door. It’s hard to condense this much water unless the wood is extra cold.
Condensation occurs on a surface that is cooler than the ambient air. Assuming the humidity is high enough.
Leave the door open
Your house is sweating
The solution is a dehumidifier. I had this issue when I moved into my current home. Noticeable on the old windows. Resealed the windows and got one fairly large dehumidifier for the whole house. Haven’t noticed any issue in a few years. I run it during the winter when humidity is an issue here.
Humidity
Condensation. If you do not have a 'vent' in your bathroom it doesnt matter how long ago you showered, the moisture will just linger around and show up on surfaces like this.
Do you have a swamp cooler (evaporative cooling system) or an Air Conditioning system?
That's water
It's raining....inside
Humidity?
That’s a recipe for big time mold.
Is that close to an attic access? Could be not closed property or lack of insulation.
What it is ain’t exactly clear…
When that happened to me, it was the toilet above sweating (because air was hot, toilet water was cold, and I didn’t have the a/c on).
I might want to take a look and see if there's a pin hole in a pipe that runs over that door jam. I know it looks like condensation, but if you haven't been in the house, or used the shower since 6:30 am and I'm assuming you have A/C on or air flow? How high is the humidity in the house? Otherwise you might want to look for an alternative to condensation.
I get the same thing when my mother in law takes a shower and then opens the window with the fan running on the fan cover. She thinks there is water coming from the fan and it is because the fan is just pulling the air from outside to the fan and the fan is cold.
condensate droplets left from AM. Get a towel wipe it. Did you activate the exhaust fan inside the bath room?
It's like Dairy Queen. Where hot and cold come together. Add an improper or incompatible base coat and top coat. Poof weird stuff happens...
You may be able to fix this problem by using a lower MERV rated a/c air filter. The high MERV filters that control allergens are restrictive and cause condensation. Try a filter with a MERV rating of 5 or less.
The beautiful process of new life being born! Microbial life!
Humidity outside vs AC