Friday, May 30, 2014

Bathroom Ventilation Fans

We here at Coordinated Kitchen & Bath have created a rough outline as to what you should look for in a bathroom ventilation fan.

The hot showers you so enjoy could be hurting your house by concentrating humidity and moisture in your bathroom. This is a breeding ground for mildew and mold, which can damage the integrity of the structural materials in your bathroom.

The bathroom ventilation fan is important to help remove excess moisture from the space, thereby preventing the build-up of mildew and mold. Bathroom fans are small and unobtrusive devices that help to protect the integrity of your house. New technologies have helped to make them quieter and more efficient.

Recommendations: 

In some cases bathroom ventilation fans are set up to release air between ceiling joists. However this merely traps the air in the middle levels of the housing, which have a tendency to be dark and closed spaces. The trapped humidity and moisture condenses on cold surfaces and can cause the spread of mold on joists, walls, and ceiling materials.

It is recommended that your bathroom exhaust fans are channeled to the outside of your home, thereby reducing the possibility of mildew and mold build-up.

Bathroom ventilation units have different air flow capacities, they are measured in cupid feet per minute (cfm). It is recommended that you have 1 cfm for every square foot of floor space in your bathroom.