First you have to strip out the contents of your cistern after you have turned off the cold water and wipe it completely dry using a sponge or a rag.
Cistern condensation yoga mat.
The diy doctor method for curing condensation on toilet cisterns.
This is going to create condensation and that will ultimately cause the toilet to sweat bullets.
They can often be bought at car boot sales and after the onslaught of new years resolutions regarding losing weight getting fitter etc and websites like ebay and gumtree.
After that there is a good chance that your home s temperature is going to be much higher.
Buy a yoga mat.
The warmer air inside of your home will make contact with the toilet s tank and that will make the tank sweat.
Toilet cistern with yoga mat glued to the inside to insulate the cistern walls from warm air.
If we were to lag the cistern with a yoga mat a large a area may have to be missed to allow the float to continue to move freely.
Anywhere from 40 to 50 is common.
This is how to stop condensation on your toilet cistern with some silicone and a yoga matt.
Maybe an old wives tale but i have heard of lagging the inside of the cistern with foam yoga to stop the condensation.
Quick video on the results of fitting a 3 4mm yoga mat inside the cistern.
The condensation would run down the outside of the box from the level of the water downwards.
When the water is turned on the yoga mat insulates the cistern but even better than that some of the water squeezes up between the mat and the sides of the cistern.
Fantastic results and no condensation.
This behaves then exactly as a wet suit does to a diver.
The yoga mat method.
You can also use a hairdryer to warm up the inside.
Go for the thin very dense kind.
15 nov 2005 messages.
Full details on our fix can be seen in the video below.
Cut the thin and dense yoga mat into sections that will fit on the inside of the cistern and stick them in place with a.
J o s jesusofsurburbia dec 19 2008.