Old post but thought I'd update. We have finally moved into our forever home and on occasions, obviously in winter, we still have crying window (sob). We have the wet windows on the south side of the home which is the shady side so not unexpected but also on the north side where we still get lovely warm winter sunlight streaming in and I still do have all my windows slightly cracked open and it does help. Incidentally I have glass bricks in our bathroom on the south side and there is no condensation on this window at all. Our home has insulation in both the exterior and interior walls and we have double insulation in our roof, so factor 7 unlike the usual factor 3.5 not that it probably has any bearing on the moisture issue. We have a 1.8mtr wide veranda surrounding the entire home so the windows are some what protected from the elements but when the temperature gets fairly low and can be almost zero in winter, it seems impossible to prevent this crying window sindrome but I can live with the fact it is fairly easy and quick to remove with a Karcher window vac now, brilliant little machine at $99 and it only takes a few minutes. We have an exhaust fan in both bathrooms that is vented outside so the moist air does not go into the roof space and in fact even my rangehood ducting is vented outside too!! We even had condensation in the roof cavity as well to the point of having a rainforest up there but since fitting another whirlie into the roof making it three in total now, it appears to have almost entirely eradicated that problem. I can say catagorically now that crying windows are a very difficult problem to eradicate in very cold climates where obviously the inside of the home being heated at night is going to create the perfect conditions for the condensation to settle with the inside being far wamer than the outside and there in lies the problem which canot be changed. I have blinds and curtains that I close ever day before dark but it makes no difference. As I have aluminium windows and doors throughout, so no timber anywhere, it isn't such an issue for damage but annoying none the less but life goes on and I do so love my beautiful new home!!

It doesn't even smell good back there, does it. After removing the eyecatching mulch, what you need is a bed full of evergreen groundcovers and bulbs. When the groundcover plants have covered the ground, in a couple years, add perennial herbs and other fragrant plants, Keeping the annuals in containers, where they will not disurb the complete cover of the bed. Then add the bench with colorful cushions beside them. And turn on some tunes. Enjoy.

I did get a guy out to give me a quote on cleaning and painting the roof. He said he will have to quote it using scaffolding because of the steep roof. That was a couple of weeks ago, but haven't heard back from him yet. I have seen some bad paint jobs of terracotta tiles so am a bit nervous about getting it painted. I wouldn't mind if my tiles were just slightly darker like yours rather than orange, but I do know that the darker they are, the more they will hold heat and Brisbane is hot.

I've always wondered what is the correct way -- I have ( 2 or 3 times ) cut 'slats' out of the plasterboard ( say the holes are 150 x 200 , I cut 2 slats about 40-50mm wide , 250 long ) poke through the hole and use really good adhesive bond ( the stuff that comes in a tube that you load into a 'gun' ) to stick inside the hole , using C clamps and leave for a day . Then the next day , cut a piece of plasterboard as close to size as you can , stick the 'monkey muck' ( adhesive bond ) on the back and stick to the slats you've stuck there at least a day ago . Leave another day to dry , then get that brown plaster tape , do all 4 sides of the insert , then plaster over , adding a bit of height . A couple of days later , get the palm sander and smooth and level it . I wonder if thats anywhere near what the experts suggest haha ?