I get mold from condensation around ny newly installed windows. Help
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First, call the installer. Maybe something (a gasket?) is missing. Or there was a crack in the wall under gutters that had not been cleaned in a while. Get it fixed stat so that you don't develop mold in the walls.
Have you contacted the window installers?
Have you checked the humidity in your home? Maybe a dehumidifier would help. Had the same problem and found my humidity in the house was high.
Better ventilation, a dehumidifier.
You should still be under warranty. Have the installer address ASAP. An older home should have enough ventilation for it not to be a humidity problem unless you already had a problem. It sounds like you have addressed ventilation already, but, I would have your system checked out also.
I had the same problem. We purchased new weather tight vinyl windows for our home . About 6 years later, 5 of my windows began to have small little circles of mold. Two in the bedroom, 3 in den, and 1 in the kitchen and I live where the humidity is very very high-- Houston Texas. I have a lifetime guarantee, so I called them and they replaced the windows. Since yours are new they should be under warranty or have a lifetime warranty also.
Hope this helps. Judy Kaye
I agree with everyone. Judy has the best suggestion. This should not happen with new weather tight windows. Has to be a manufacturers defect in the window. Have them replace under the warranty.
the house is not ventilating properly. Same windows dont cause problems elsewhere. It's definitely not the windows at fault
there is such a thing as a house being too airtight, call the company before your warranty runs out!
I wouldn't wait that long. The windows may still be under warranty. They can put a camera under the siding to check it out. (My exterminator did that and found an opening where mice can enter.) My mother's house had ice that broke the gutter and cracked the wall and window frame. It cost her $600 to redo the frame plus the cost of a new gutter. Do. Not. Wait.