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...
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As others said we need to know if you are living in it or not.
We found that in the winter we could find most of the aluminum framework of the RV, like in the ceiling corner and where the studs were on the walls, due to them not being able to be insulated and having direct contact to the outside walls, and this is where we could see the condensation (sweating) build up. We live in ours so humidity is always a problem so anything to reduce that helps, including the above posts about the vent when cooking or showering, but also a squeegee to the shower walls afterwards, once in a while just running a vent fan when it wasn't the very coldest out, we even regularly wiped off the single paned and condensation covered windshield to remove the humidity and wringed the rag out in the sink. The windshield was colder and acted just like the inside of a dehumidifier, which also can help. Most of the moisture absorbing canisters or chemicals listed above work pretty good if it is being stored but won't work fast enough if being lived in.
As far as mold and mildew, bleach and some other bathroom cleaners have worked well for us, but be careful as bleach can ruin things so be careful what you use it on.
We found that in the winter we could find most of the aluminum framework of the RV, like in the ceiling corner and where the studs were on the walls, due to them not being able to be insulated and having direct contact to the outside walls, and this is where we could see the condensation (sweating) build up. We live in ours so humidity is always a problem so anything to reduce that helps, including the above posts about the vent when cooking or showering, but also a squeegee to the shower walls afterwards, once in a while just running a vent fan when it wasn't the very coldest out, we even regularly wiped off the single paned and condensation covered windshield to remove the humidity and wringed the rag out in the sink. The windshield was colder and acted just like the inside of a dehumidifier, which also can help. Most of the moisture absorbing canisters or chemicals listed above work pretty good if it is being stored but won't work fast enough if being lived in.
As far as mold and mildew, bleach and some other bathroom cleaners have worked well for us, but be careful as bleach can ruin things so be careful what you use it on.
