Hehe, yeah the inns can be a bit tricky. I have a feeling that due to the size of your monster inns, it probably gets dryer at the sides and bottom compared to the active center and top as there's so much volume. With the regular inns, as you have to water more (like how kids get colder quicker than adults) and stuff in general is always closer to the top where the moisture is, it doesn't get so much that way. I've gotten those VC nuggets but always at the sides, bottom is always moist. I've gone the other way, when it was a bit wet and it was a bit compacted and ending up a bit like toothpaste coming out. Have to hit that middle ground hehe. You can also squeeze them to get things flowing, takes quite a bit of strength though. As mine sits low, I put my knee into the side and pull it into that. Once the mass breaks it can really come out in a hurry though lol. If you have a cloth hatch at the bottom of your inn, you can feel for moisture with your hand without opening it, if you want to try keeping it always a bit moist while the inn is running. Should feel cooler, touch of dampness and always have some give to it. Happy to hear the home made inns worked out :)

That is wonderful news!! Times are hard everywhere and it is pretty scary to me. I am praying for our entire nation...it just has to get better soon. Deb

My gosh that's so funny - it'd been so long since I've had a chance to poke around (due to the mommy part of my handle!) that I'd forgotten! I'm LOVING your kitchen! What's really funny is that I haven't posted pictures of my wetbar, and it looks like we went the same direction there too! My sinks a bit different, but the marble, the uppers... you'll see eventually. We're actually moving in next month - I haven't posted finished pics because they're still using my island as a workbench. When do you get to use your kitchen?

When I lived in Baton Rouge, LA in a house with two bathrooms over a crawlspace, I learned - after living there for about 3 years - that the bathtub we never used except to bathe the dog had a broken drain pipe. It emptied into the crawl space. The only way I learned this was that I just happened to open the water heater closet while the tub was emptying. The closet had a screened opening in the floor in order to provide fresh air for the gas-fired appliance, and I could hear the water splashing onto the visqueen (plastic) on the floor of the crawlspace. When the plumber went down there to reconnect the pipes, the missing connector was not there, so he assumed that the guys who installed the visqueen before we closed on the sale of the house must have knocked it off and it got lost under the visqueen sheets. There was only a small lake from washing the dog, luckily! I think we just left vents open so it could dry. I was so lucky that I happened to go into that utility closet that day, or we would have used that shower daily a few months later, not knowing there was no plumbing connection. You could have a leak or a similar plumbing issue. You do say that the crawlspace was inspected, though. If the cabinet that smells was one that had the mold in it when you moved in, it may be that you will have to sand it and paint or seal it in order to get rid of the smell. Some of us can really smell certain molds that are not obvious to others. Be sure to wear a good mask or respirator when you sand.