How Do You Keep A Vacation House From Being Musty (Cottage, Cabin, Lake House, Beach House)?
It doesn’t take 40 days and 40 nights of rain to make a closed up house musty. When it’s occupied, we add a lot of steam from showers and cooking. Damp weather or proximity to the ocean or a lake or shade of large trees can cause a dank-feeling interior. Here’s ways to prevent mustiness in a vacation home. Open the windows whenever possible. Get some fresh air inside. Run a fan to circulate the air inside. Get a dehumidifier if the problem persists. Since much of the enjoyment of a vacation home is having it open to nature and being outside a lot, so avoid running the air conditioner or heat unless necessary. Keep showers short, open the bathroom window and run the vent fan if there is one. Remove water afterwards from the shower walls with a squeegee. Get a shower head that can be shut off while you soap up. It saves water in general and there will be less steam. If towels and washcloths aren’t getting dry, make sure to open them out on the towel racks to air better. On a sunny day, p
