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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have this problem, too, but no real solutions.

I can kind of control the problem when it's cold out if I make sure heat is on when I take a shower. The bathroom is small and the heat vent is close to the ceiling. I think it really helps dry the air out. Not even the mirror steams up if the heat is on.

But now that it's warm, I get condensation again. I have a larger window and leave it open when showering, but it doesn't really help.[/quote]

It's not that the heat dries the air out, it's that running the heat replaces the air in the room with air from the rest of the house. Usually in the winter the air in the rest of the house is dry enough that simply dissipating the humidity from a shower around the house is enough. It may also be that running the heat causes a slight positive pressure in the bathroom which causes more air to leak out through the walls and get replaced with outdoor air, which in the winter is going to have a much lower moisture content. [/quote]

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