Wet running down walls in shower

tea and coffee

When we run the shower it gets very steamed up. The paintwork looks like it has drips running down it (water tracks basically ) even once the steam is gone but it's not wet as such after the steam has disappeared. It looks really unsightly.
Sort of like this https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/b63bd2/what_are_these_drips_that_keep_reappearing_on_my/
You can't really wipe it off
Would anti condensation paint help against this

Stigura

May sound like I'm trying to be funny. But, have ye tried a Steam Cleaner on it? Then a squeegee as standard after a shower?

tea and coffee

No I haven't I suppose. But it's the whole bathroom- it's the paint not the shower cubicle. So I would have to do the whole room and there are a lot of people showering here so I would never be out of the Jack's!!!

Irishphotodesk

If I'm correct what is happening is that the vent/extractor fan in the room isn't strong enough.

Next time try opening the window when you shower .

The streak marks are condensation from the shower, if you can increase the extractor fan power it would also help, we discovered that ours in our ensuite is linked to the bathroom light, so we must turn on bathroom light or open the window when showering or we get streaks similar to yours.

Dunfyy

Get a fan

Dunfyy

Get a fan

tea and coffee

Like this.
We have no extractor currently and the open window is no match for teenager length showers sadly.
The pics below- the walls are dry and those streaks are dry just shiny.
I will be getting a fan eventually but will the paint help in the mean time / as well? Or does that only work to stop peeling/ mould?

10-10-20

That's just condensation residue.
I painted the bathroom wall and my teenager took a shower afterwards and I had that effect ever since. You can clean it, but it will come back. It's not problematic, just cosmetic.
It happens most often on a cold or external wall normally, but can also happen on internal walls if the humidity level is high enough. Any reasonably hot shower will cause it, especially in winter, and only very good ventilation will fix it. Open the window during showers, if you dare.

Calahonda52

Op, you need to get a decent fan now, with a run on option so as it will run for maybe 5 minutes after the light is switched off.
You are wasting your money and time with paint.

In passing, its not steam, its water vapour : steam is not visible to the naked eye

listermint

There is no draw in the room.

Short of putting a good fan in. You could trim the bottom of the door to around 15 mm and open the window half or fully. This will create a proper draw from under door to window funneling out the humid air from the shower.

There is no paint for fix this issue. Alot of people overlook the door gap thinking as close to the floor without touching is better. - it's not

coylemj

listermint wrote: »

Short of putting a good fan in. You could trim the bottom of the door to around 15 mm and open the window half or fully. This will create a proper draw from under door to window funneling out the humid air from the shower.

There will be still be space above the top of the window opening where the warm vapour will collect and condense on the walls and ceiling. A ceiling extractor fan above the shower is the only solution.

CJhaughey

This was a pretty good solution I thought.https://www.eco-home-essentials.co.uk/bathroom-condensation.html
I can't remember where I saw it but there was a kind of canopy that attached to the top of a shower to extract the water vapour before it left the cubicle.
Might have been on here some time ago...

Outkast_IRE

A good strong fan , preferable with a 15 min run on timer is the solution here to minimise it , its hard to eliminate completely but it will help.

Alkers

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

A good strong fan , preferable with a 15 min run on timer is the solution here to minimise it , its hard to eliminate completely but it will help.

This will extract moist air from the bathroom but for best results you need to provide a source of fresh air also. As most people shower with the door closed, this is the reason for the increased gap beneath the bathroom door as suggested above. Even better is to open the window a smidge when showering and to leave the bathroom door fully open at other times.

appledrop

Your son just needs to open window!

If too cold well thats one way of making his shower shorter.

Is it a proper window you have in room or just velux one?

JustAThought

Alkers wrote: »

This will extract moist air from the bathroom but for best results you need to provide a source of fresh air also. As most people shower with the door closed, this is the reason for the increased gap beneath the bathroom door as suggested above. Even better is to open the window a smidge when showering and to leave the bathroom door fully open at other times.

If the electric switch for the shower is outside the room after 10 minutes switch this off - this will make the water freezing cold and get your teenager out of the shower before the plaster in the riom turns to liquid and the walls turn to mush. Cruel, but 100% effective!

Or get a fan!! I put a new one in as my walls are papered and painted and the bathroom has no window. (Thou the walls behind the bath are tiled all the way up ) it hs a sensor you can set to run for up to an hour after you turn off the lights and it so far has lasted about 5 years and cost me e100 plus instillation. Best investment ever! I don’t have proper bathroom paint and it : the walls never condensate or run & I take proper half hour red hot steaming showers..Bliss

listermint

coylemj wrote: »

There will be still be space above the top of the window opening where the warm vapour will collect and condense on the walls and ceiling. A ceiling extractor fan above the shower is the only solution.

A ceiling fan actually does nothing if the door is sealed.


Like literally nothing.

Johnthemanager

That looks like nicotine staining, I get condensation in my shower aswell, but it's never a dirty colour like that.

Is there someone smoking in there?

We used to see the same when we were painting ceilings of pubs years ago, when you would have to wash them down first.