Your bathroom is the wettest room inside your home. Water vapor from a hot shower, standing puddles as you towel off, showerhead mist, all of them greatly increase the amount of water your bathroom will hold. Unfortunately where it’s damp is where mildew will grow. Not only is mildew unsightly but also mold can be toxic to your health. You need a battle plan for how to minimize mildew in your bathroom.

The best thing you can do to cut down on mildew is to remove the water.  Make sure you have an exhaust fan in the bathroom. If your fan is weak or dying go ahead and replace it. If you don’t have one install one. A bathroom fan is the key to removing moisture from the bathroom.

The fan will suck all the hot water fog from the shower and vent it out through the roof.  If there’s no water present the mildew can’t grow.

Dry the shower after use. You can pick up a window squeegee for a few bucks at an auto supply store or find more decorative ones in the cleaning aisle at a department store. Just run the squeegee around the shower after you get out to remove most of the water.

If you have a shower curtain make sure it’s sitting inside the tub or stall so any water it collects will go down the drain and not onto the floor.

Next time you decide to paint the bathroom make sure you use a paint that has a mildew inhibitor in it. The inhibitor will keep any mildew from growing on the wall. You won’t even have to worry about killing it off; the paint will do it for you.

Installing a fan, drying out the tub and shower, and painting with mildew resistant paint are all proven ways to cut down on mildew in your bathroom. By incorporating these few steps you can keep your bathroom shiny and you healthy.

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