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I ventilated my built-ins

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  • bell@lemmy.worldB This user is from outside of this forum
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    Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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    • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

      Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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      Looks nice. What’s the ventilation for? Are you in a really humid climate or something?

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      • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

        Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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        Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?

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          Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?

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          Yeah that does seem odd. Cabinets, closets, and cupboards don't generally require ventilation. What little ventilation they require is provided by the fact that their doors aren't air tight.

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            Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?

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            The mice were sweating

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            • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

              Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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              I also live in an antique house and our built is also have vents, but I've never quite been sure the utility

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              • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

                Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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                Is this because you have electronics in there? Is it active venting (fans) or passive?

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                  Looks nice. What’s the ventilation for? Are you in a really humid climate or something?

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                  It's humid here in Florida and OP got me wondering about ventilating my linen closet. Cloth can get stinky in there if it's not rotated out every 6-8 months. And I'm not a picky man, I really mean "stinky". Interesting.

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                    The mice were sweating

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                    Mouse sweat fetches a pretty penny on certain markets if you know what you’re doing. I’m just sayin.

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                    • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

                      Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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                      A good practice to avoid mold. I drill holes in mine.

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                      • reverendender@sh.itjust.worksR [email protected]

                        Mouse sweat fetches a pretty penny on certain markets if you know what you’re doing. I’m just sayin.

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                        Are you trading with witches?

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                        • bell@lemmy.worldB [email protected]

                          Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore

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                          That is actually so good

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                            It's humid here in Florida and OP got me wondering about ventilating my linen closet. Cloth can get stinky in there if it's not rotated out every 6-8 months. And I'm not a picky man, I really mean "stinky". Interesting.

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                            Use something like damp-rid. It really helps with the mustyness. A lot of new homes in the states, for some god forsaken reason, build their master bedroom closet attached to the bathroom. Even in low humidity areas, it can make a huge difference.

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                              Are you trading with witches?

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                              I’m not NOT trading at the witch markets….

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                                Is this because you have electronics in there? Is it active venting (fans) or passive?

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                                Mould loves an environment like that was before, ventilation helps a lot.

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                                  Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?

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                                  Mouse sweat is a way better answer but... We store linens up there and my wife says it stinks.

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                                    Is this because you have electronics in there? Is it active venting (fans) or passive?

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                                    Just linens but it's so well sealed that they get musty

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                                      A good practice to avoid mold. I drill holes in mine.

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                                      "oh yeah, speed holes"

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                                        Yeah that does seem odd. Cabinets, closets, and cupboards don't generally require ventilation. What little ventilation they require is provided by the fact that their doors aren't air tight.

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                                        I think that’s a humidity thing.

                                        Anyone living in a desert biome? U get that problem too?

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                                          Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?

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                                          I live in a semi tropical zone in a house with built in wardrobes, we leave the doors open otherwise we get literal mold growing on even clean clothing ... I think the people who built this house were from a non-tropical area, it's full of things like this

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