This simple trick will instantly protect your bathroom from mold

Created: 12/28/2021, 10:44 AM

From: Janine Napirca, Franziska Kaindl

Mold forms quickly, especially in the joints in the bathroom.

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The bathroom is most susceptible to mold due to the high level of humidity - but you can use a simple trick to minimize the risk.

Mold is the most annoying problem you can face in the bathroom.

It mainly occurs when condensation forms on the window.

This in turn occurs when it is colder there than in the rest of the room, such as during the cold season.

Particularly cold air then penetrates the pane from outside, while the room is heated inside.

This is how you avoid mold infestation in the bathroom

But it also happens frequently after showering - the humidity rises and the windows mist up.

If you do not take important advice to heart, you will quickly have to deal with mold.

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Regular ventilation is essential to prevent mold in the bathroom.

So open

the window

for

and let fresh air into the room.

The best time to do this is after you shower.

Or in other rooms, for example as soon as you hang up laundry in the apartment to dry.

In the meantime, set the

so that you don't heat out of the window.

Suitable for this

However, tilting the windows all day does not help.

As a result, hardly any air is exchanged in the room and the walls also cool down.

If the panes are particularly wet, it is best to wipe off the moisture with a cloth - otherwise it could take too long to air away all the moisture.

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Mold in the bathroom despite ventilating?

If mold should appear despite all ventilation, it could be due to a

insulation, which is creating

additional cold in the room.

They also often cause condensation to form on the panes.

In this case, the seals have to be replaced - for example, with self-adhesive elastic sealing strips made of rubber or foam from the hardware store.