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Keep air circulating, humidity down and mold at bay with these bathroom fans. Exhaust fans are critical in rooms with small ...
Q: I have had three contractors over to my house and received three different answers about how my bathroom fan should exhaust. I’m beyond frustrated. How are we homeowners supposed to protect our ...
Q.My old bathroom vent fan sounds like a low-flying jet and it does not seem to draw very well. I need a new quiet one which is also efficient. How should I go about selecting a new bathroom vent fan?
Q: I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and the information ...
No, it’s never a good idea to have any exhaust fan in your home dump all that hot, moist air in your attic. It can cause you a lot of problems with mold and mildew forming on the underside of your ...
Most of us have a pretty well-established cleaning routine; a check-list of everything we need to get done on, say, weekend mornings to give the house a refresh before going into the week ahead. But ...
Q. I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and lots of the ...
Q. We had a new bathroom vent fan installed a few months ago, a high end unit, and up until this cold weather started it had worked fine. Now there is water dripping down through the fan and the light ...
Mr. HandyPerson, is on vacation. This column ran in December 2004. Dear Mr. HandyPerson: I want to put an exhaust fan in our bathroom. I am worried that if I do this, moist air could cause mildew in ...
We tested a variety of fans for 4-inch and 3-inch ducts to find the best bathroom exhaust fans for airflow and noise Behind ...
During the summer months, high humidity can create an uncomfortable condition in the home, but nowhere is the humidity likely to be higher than in the bathroom. Even in dry, arid regions a hot-water ...