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question: how to fight mold in windowless bathroom? fake.email@rogers.com 01-31-2007
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Posted by fake.email@rogers.com on January 31, 2007, 8:43 pm


I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?


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Posted by DerbyDad03 on January 31, 2007, 8:52 pm


wrote:
> I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
> atop the shower.
>
> The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.
>
> Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?
>
> Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?

1 - Do you know if the fan is rated for the size of the room? I had to
oversize my fan (2 X) to keep the mold off the ceiling.
2 - Do you know if the fan is actually venting the room? Perhaps it's
blocked in some manner.
3 - There are additives that can be mxed in the paint to help retard
mold growth.

P.S. I don't know where you live, but wherever the weather gets cold,
almost all bathrooms are "windowless" from a ventilation perspective.


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on January 31, 2007, 10:06 pm


Does your bathroom have a vent to allow easy air entrance?

the fan MUST run after the light goes off, so the room is well
ventilated, a light timer is in order here

how big is the fan and where does it dump the air?

venting it into attic, either intentionally or accidently like lose
fitting vent lines is a sure recipe for trouble

are you certain the fan is venting well and moving enough air.


Posted by mm on February 1, 2007, 2:05 pm


wrote:

>
>
>P.S. I don't know where you live, but wherever the weather gets cold,
>almost all bathrooms are "windowless" from a ventilation perspective.

I think it is sort of hearless to have mold and not let it see
outside.

Posted by Jeff on January 31, 2007, 10:26 pm


Hold a piece of paper up near the fan to see if it is really pulling air.
After twenty years of telling my daughters to turn on the fan when
showering, I discovered that flapper that keeps outside air from coming in
was stuck due to a sheet metal screw used to hold the vent on to it in the
attic. Probably was this way when the house was built 30 years ago.

> I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
> atop the shower.
>
> The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.
>
> Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?
>
> Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?
>



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