furnace next to grow creating condinsation on the windows all over the house??

ANyone ever come across this issue:

Furnace is next to the grow then when furance is needed to heat the house it sucks this humid air into the house resulting in lots of condinsation on windows....what would u do

lifesgood said:

ANyone ever come across this issue:

Furnace is next to the grow then when furance is needed to heat the house it sucks this humid air into the house resulting in lots of condinsation on windows....what would u do

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Put plastic on the windows.

Better ventalation.

what kind of plastic like surran wrap? and how would this stop from condinsation?

its as good as its goonna get already venting up the chimney but still the same issue of condinsation.... i can install 1 o 2 air cons but then itll be bone dry and the plants hate that!!!

lifesgood said:

what kind of plastic like surran wrap? and how would this stop from condinsation?

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It should stop pulling humid air in from outside and help dry the air inside. They sell window plastic at most hardware stores. I have to do it every winter.

What is your outside relative humidity? How big is your grow? Do you have single pane, or double pane or better windows?

I only ask because I can't see a non-commercial sized grow doing this. I guess you could put a dehumidifier in the basement with your grow. Do you have standing water near your grow, like buckets of water or watering cans? How moist do you keep the soil? Do you humidify the grow room?

Have you checked your furnace to see if it has a humidifying feature? Perhaps the two together are putting to much humidity in the air.

Before we got new windows, I'd get condensation every year, grow or not.

sweet thanx... is this plastic wrapping any differnet then surran wrap?

Jefferstone said:

What is your outside relative humidity? How big is your grow? Do you have single pane, or double pane or better windows?

I only ask because I can't see a non-commercial sized grow doing this. I guess you could put a dehumidifier in the basement with your grow. Do you have standing water near your grow, like buckets of water or watering cans? How moist do you keep the soil? Do you humidify the grow room?

Have you checked your furnace to see if it has a humidifying feature? Perhaps the two together are putting to much humidity in the air.

Before we got new windows, I'd get condensation every year, grow or not.

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Its been humid as of late and ive been pumping the intake to keep the temps down... see this is the issue the plants love the humidity but i dont my windows are dripping with water and there is a general "wet" feeling around the house

the windows are double paned and the grow is 5 1000 watt lights over 300 plants , and yes my rezs are full of sitting water.... i have a large room connected to a smaller room and i humidify the smaller room

this is an older house so yes humidity can be a normal thing , but thiis amount is too much its gross... and being that its an older house the furnace doesnt have such options

i am considering throwing in the air cons if this doesnt go away the results will be lack luster but at least i wont have to worry about neighbours wondering about all that condisisation

lifesgood said:

sweet thanx... is this plastic wrapping any differnet then surran wrap?

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It's a little thicker and can be heat shrunk with a blower dryer so it doesn't look bad.

lifesgood said:

Its been humid as of late and ive been pumping the intake to keep the temps down... see this is the issue the plants love the humidity but i dont my windows are dripping with water and there is a general "wet" feeling around the house

the windows are double paned and the grow is 5 1000 watt lights over 300 plants , and yes my rezs are full of sitting water.... i have a large room connected to a smaller room and i humidify the smaller room

this is an older house so yes humidity can be a normal thing , but thiis amount is too much its gross... and being that its an older house the furnace doesnt have such options

i am considering throwing in the air cons if this doesnt go away the results will be lack luster but at least i wont have to worry about neighbours wondering about all that condisisation

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That is a serious grow. I don't think you can really do much about the source, no matter how dry you keep that room you are going to have some serious humidity issues.

Here's what I'd try:
I'd weatherstrip the grow room door like it was an outside door so you can keep the humidity in that one room.
I'd get a dehumidifier to run right outside the grow room door, near the furnace.

You can weatherstrip the windows, and the shrinkwrap stuff works well. What you are trying to achieve with that stuff is to create an insulating area between the outside glass and the inside so the water doesn't condense on the cooler surface.

One final trick, you can point a fan at the window surface. Though someone might ask why you are running a fan in the winter. If you have ceiling fans, put them in winter mode and crank them up.