Can Anyone Settle And Difference Of Opinion..please

[cupotee2]

The Porcelain Toilet Cistern in our bathroom gets wet on the lower outside,that then drops onto the floor.

This happens in the winter only, so I fold a towel on the floor to soak up the water.

My husband is certain this wouldn't happen if it was a plastic cistern.

Anyone know the correct answer please.

[diddlydo]

A porcelain cistern is colder than a plastic one would be. Therefore condensation is more likely to occur in cold weather. Does it really matter?

[ferlew]

I have a porcelain one, and have never encountered that problem.
Is your bathroom warm ?

[Iggle Piggle]

This is condensation build up. The damp air in the room is warmer than the surface of the cistern due to the water inside keeping it cold. This will also happen on a plastic cistern - possibly not as much but it will happen.

[Iggle Piggle]

The only way to prevent it totally is to either warm the cistern water... ! or more sensibly, to vent the bathroom well or cool it down. Do you have the window open or use the extractor fan ?

[cupotee2]

It does matter diddlydo as the floor would be wet if I didn't remember to mop it up.

Yes ferlew it is warm tho not hot.

[cupotee2]

Impossible to heat the water in the cistern iggle piggle!!

We do have an extractor fan that comes on when the light is switched on.

Like you I expect it would still happen with a plastic cistern. My theory is answered....I won and he lost lol.

[gingejbee]

It's the temperature of the water inside the cistern (and the amount of moisture in the bathroom) that matter. So, yes, it would still occur...perhaps not as noticeably though.

[Iggle Piggle]

oh, yeah. If you don't flush for a few days, the water will warm to room temperature and hey presto, less condensation... ;-)


I'm joking.

[Prudie]

Plastic will absorb the heat from the room far more so it would happen far less if at all IMO. Having said that I would say I've always only known ceramic cisterns and have never had this problem but I've never seen a plastic cistern either! The air in your bathroom must be very moisture laden.

[douglas9401]

Try lining the inside of the cistern with polystyrene, glueing it to the dried inside surface.

[boxtops]

We have a plastic cistern in one of our loos, we dont get any condensation at all.