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If the heating is off the house should be the same temperature as outside, so there shouldn’t be condensation inside.
Only if the insulation is awful or the windows are wide open. I'd expect the temp in an unoccupied and unheated house to vary over the course of the day and drop at night, but way away from the extremes of the high/low temps of the day/night.
If the temp swings are too great then the water in the warmer daytime air will be enough to form reasonable condensation. Of course this evaporates again as the house warms up again during the day. Without any circulation (or anything else to affect this) this cycle will just repeat.
A survey should tell you if there's a specific damp problem, but then again condensation may just not be a problem once you've moved in, keeping the air circulating and not letting it get too cold.
Greenbank-
A bit, maybe.
But I'd say not 'a fair bit' and as you say it ought to clear quickly during the day.
Hopefully once the heating goes on the condensation will lessen rather than worsen.
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Not skimping on the survey; It's a 18th century cottage with 2ft thick walls... it was converted with extension in 2007 so should be OK.
I've opened all the doors (internal..) built in wardrobes etc. to allow best ventilation I could.
Temp swing (West Country) is pretty extreme right now. 2 degrees to 14 daily so it's no surprise.
Looking forward to having mains utilities having been off the grid on oil for all my life.Science thread
Does air temp raise or fall quicker or equally?
Hefty
yeahdext
If the heating is off the house should be the same temperature as outside, so there shouldn’t be condensation inside.
To get significant condensation you also need a source for the water, which if the house is empty there shouldn’t really be.
Get a survey.