Hundred year old built in cabinets are wonderful but were completely sealed…not anymore
I stared in bewilderment at this image for a good three minutes because my brain initially interpreted the angles backwards (as if the photo was looking down at the vent rather than up), resulting in an optical illusion that your house has some really odd geometry.
A good practice to avoid mold. I drill holes in mine.
“oh yeah, speed holes”
They make the closet go faster
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.
Looks great! Maybe stupid question, but what does ventilating fix? Aka, why are sealed built-ins an issue?
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….
Mouse sweat is a way better answer but… We store linens up there and my wife says it stinks.
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
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?
That is actually so good
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
