How to ensure long-lasting pleasure in your wellness oasis

For many people, the bath­room is a cent­ral place of well-being. To make sure it always stays that way, it must be well main­tained. This applies not only to design ele­ments such as lux­ury san­it­ary­ware, but also to incon­spicu­ous details such as san­it­ary joints. Our expert explains what is required to effect­ively con­trol humid­ity and thus give mold no chance

Tip 1: Prevent or effectively remove moisture

Splash water around the shower or bathtub, water vapor on the tiles released by wash­er and dry­er, con­dens­a­tion on the win­dows – humid­ity in the bath­room is a con­stant com­pan­ion that we would be happy to get rid of. The prob­lem, how­ever, is not the mois­ture itself, but the joints on which it depos­its. There are numer­ous joints around san­it­ary fix­tures, win­dows and along the trans­itions between tiled and non-tiled areas. They are usu­ally sealed with sil­ic­one to pre­vent water and vapor from pen­et­rat­ing walls and floors. Sil­ic­one is per­man­ently elast­ic and water­proof, but like all mater­i­als it is sub­ject to age­ing and should there­fore be well main­tained. It is true that some joint seal­ants con­tain fun­gi­cides against mold spores. But their effect gradu­ally wears off over the years. To pre­vent mold infest­a­tion per­man­ently and reli­ably, the fol­low­ing four meas­ures have proven to be effect­ive:

1. Dry the joints reg­u­larly, espe­cially after shower­ing – this keeps them elast­ic and tight.
2. Clean the joints with a mild clean­ing agent.
3. Vent­il­ate the rooms briefly but intensely sev­er­al times a day – this extends the dur­ab­il­ity of the joints.
4. Always heat the bath­room suf­fi­ciently in the cool and cold sea­sons.

Tip 2: Fight mold effectively or replace the silicone sealant

Every­one knows that our dis­cip­line is not always optim­al when it comes to air­ing the bath­room. Soon­er or later, depos­its will there­fore form on the joints, which in the long run will cause mold to grow. This not only looks unsightly but is also most unhealthy for the res­id­ents. You should there­fore reg­u­larly check for mold infest­a­tion, and then remove the “unin­vited guest” quickly with com­mon house­hold clean­ers such as dish­wash­ing liquid, vin­eg­ar essence or scour­ing cream. How­ever, take care not to dam­age the sil­ic­one joints. Oth­er­wise, they will become even more sus­cept­ible to mold spores. If the joints are already a bit older and slightly por­ous, this is a weak spot where mold can quickly pen­et­rate. And then even the most aggress­ive clean­ing agents will not help elim­in­ate the prob­lem. In this case, there is only one rem­edy: the sil­ic­one seal­ant must be com­pletely replaced.