Exhaust Fans: How Can You Properly Vent Your Bathroom This Winter?

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Exhaust Fans: How Can You Properly Vent Your Bathroom This Winter?

In our last video, we dealt with condensation and how your daily activities put excess moisture in the air. With an exhaust fan running while you are bathing or showering, it removes the excess moisture and warm air and moves it outside. The problem we are experiencing this year is that homeowners aren’t running the fan for a long enough time. If possible, exhaust fans need to be run for 30-60 minutes. Not only does this make sure that all of the moisture has been moved outside, but that the exhaust tube has been cleared as well.

If you are unable to run your exhaust fan for the minimum 30 minutes, don’t run it at all. When temperatures dip below 30 degrees, which is typical in Nebraska, you shouldn’t run the fan all all.  If the fan is shut off too early and all of the moisture has not escaped through the vent duct, the vent flap will most likely freeze shut.  As more people use the exhaust fan while that flap is frozen shut or the outside temperature has warmed above freezing, water will drip down your exhaust tube and leak out of the exhaust fan

So, be aware of running your exhaust fan to help with moisture in your bathroom.  Have a great day!