Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed...not anymore
That is actually so good
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2025
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A good practice to avoid mold. I drill holes in mine.
"oh yeah, speed holes"
They make the closet go faster
Is this because you have electronics in there? Is it active venting (fans) or passive?
Just linens but it's so well sealed that they get musty
Mould loves an environment like that was before, ventilation helps a lot.
I also live in an antique house and our built is also have vents, but I've never quite been sure the utility
Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?
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
Mouse sweat is a way better answer but... We store linens up there and my wife says it stinks.
The mice were sweating
Mouse sweat fetches a pretty penny on certain markets if you know what you’re doing. I’m just sayin.
Are you trading with witches?
I’m not NOT trading at the witch markets….
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.
I think that’s a humidity thing.
Anyone living in a desert biome? U get that problem too?
Looks nice. What’s the ventilation for? Are you in a really humid climate or something?
Florida
That’ll do it, great work!
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.
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.