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Preventing Mildew When No Electric Power
The electric company where I live has informed me that they are going to
be shutting off the electricity for most of this coming Tuesday. That means we'll be showering and bathing in total darkness with the bathroom exhaust fan not running due to no electric power. I'm worried that this humidity and darkness is a setup for mildew to start growing in the bathroom. (This actually happened to me once before when we had a big power outage a couple of years ago.) Anything I can do to help prevent that from happening until the power comes back on? -- Steven L. |
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Preventing Mildew When No Electric Power
Steven Litvintchouk wrote:
The electric company where I live has informed me that they are going to be shutting off the electricity for most of this coming Tuesday. That means we'll be showering and bathing in total darkness with the bathroom exhaust fan not running due to no electric power. I'm worried that this humidity and darkness is a setup for mildew to start growing in the bathroom. (This actually happened to me once before when we had a big power outage a couple of years ago.) Anything I can do to help prevent that from happening until the power comes back on? -- Steven L. You got to be really on the edge to start with to have a mold problem due to less than 24 hours without power. Just leave the bathroom door open, clean up after showers (you can't put off showers until the next day?) with a towel. Clean the bath well before and after. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
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Preventing Mildew When No Electric Power
I'm worried that this humidity and darkness is a setup for mildew to start
growing in the bathroom. Anything I can do to help prevent that from happening until the power comes back on? Leave the bathroom door open and do one or more of the following: 1) Check in to a cheap motel and use their shower. 2) Use lots of "Right Guard" and don't get too close to people. 3) Just go about your business and don't worry about it. 4)Tell everyone it's casual day and that means no showers. HTH Joe |
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Preventing Mildew When No Electric Power
You worry to much , but use bleach in a spray bottle to kill any future
mold Mold is everywhere and bleach will kill it |
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Preventing Mildew When No Electric Power
You can rent a generator and hook it up to lights and fans. Pj On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:07:16 GMT, Steven Litvintchouk wrote: The electric company where I live has informed me that they are going to be shutting off the electricity for most of this coming Tuesday. That means we'll be showering and bathing in total darkness with the bathroom exhaust fan not running due to no electric power. I'm worried that this humidity and darkness is a setup for mildew to start growing in the bathroom. (This actually happened to me once before when we had a big power outage a couple of years ago.) Anything I can do to help prevent that from happening until the power comes back on? -- Steven L. |
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