Window blinds closed or open in winter
As any home owner, we want to save money on heating/cooling.
Summer time, its easy. Draw the blinds during the day, stop the sun from coming in, helps with ac use.
Doing that however, you dont have to worry about window condensation
Winter its the opposite, open them to let the sun in for free radiant heat in windows that get the sun.
But at night, many sites say to close your blinds to stop heat being drawn towards the windows
Only problem with that is, windows condensation or frost as it gets colder out since there is no air movement from the furnace supply ducts
For those that do this, whats your solution? Do you not close the blinds? Leave them open at the bottom for some air flow? Or just close them and then deal with a frosty window in the morning?
Seems to be varying answers on the internet. Maybe because of the different style of blinds and drapes people can have
These are houses with normal humidty levels to, 30% and under. Ive tried this, and even with humidity in the house down to the mid to low 20's at time, frost still happens no matter what. Eventually it clears up, but the problem is with frost buildup is that it eventually turns back into liquid that then runs down the glass
Summer time, its easy. Draw the blinds during the day, stop the sun from coming in, helps with ac use.
Doing that however, you dont have to worry about window condensation
Winter its the opposite, open them to let the sun in for free radiant heat in windows that get the sun.
But at night, many sites say to close your blinds to stop heat being drawn towards the windows
Only problem with that is, windows condensation or frost as it gets colder out since there is no air movement from the furnace supply ducts
For those that do this, whats your solution? Do you not close the blinds? Leave them open at the bottom for some air flow? Or just close them and then deal with a frosty window in the morning?
Seems to be varying answers on the internet. Maybe because of the different style of blinds and drapes people can have
These are houses with normal humidty levels to, 30% and under. Ive tried this, and even with humidity in the house down to the mid to low 20's at time, frost still happens no matter what. Eventually it clears up, but the problem is with frost buildup is that it eventually turns back into liquid that then runs down the glass