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thefishingal
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Jun 21, 2015

Cabinets sweating inside in winter

Greetings,
This is our first winter in the Pacific Northwest. During the winter the inside of our cabinets were sweating and we had some issues with mildew. I have no idea what to do. Anyone had that problem and know a solution?
Many thanks!
  • The colder the weather, the more you'll have issues with condensation. You probably won't totally get rid of it, but, a few things that help are:

    1. Leave a window or roof vent open, just a crack.
    2. Use a dehumidifier.
    3 Leave cabinet / closet doors open.
    4. Move things away from exterior walls to allow air circulation.
    5. Reduce coffee making and cooking
  • I leave the cabinet doors open when the trailer isn't being used.
  • Having no particular expertise I suspect little or none insulation on the walls where the cabinets are located which would make the cabinets `cold' creating the condensation. Sort of like the condensation on the outside of a glass of a cold drink.
    Solution? Keep the doors open? Dehumidifier? pull the cabinets and improve the insulation? Install small lights inside the cabinets like under cabinet lights to warm up the space; actually some sort of heat producing resistor would do the same.
    Refer to opening statement about expertise...