How hard is it to replace the bathroom fan?
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Comments (6)These are "nutshell" answers since envelope issues are tough to diagnose over the internet. The HRV is an exchanger, but if your house is tight and your winter interior humidity is high, it'll exchange stale humid interior air for fresh dry exterior air while minimizing heat loss during the exchange. A blower door test is usually part of a more comprehensive analysis which could run a few hundred dollars. $200-$400 depending on the thoroughness of the inspection. If your house is excessively tight then it might make sense to install make-up air duct for the furnace. If you have an HVAC company out there, often times they'll do envelope and blower door tests. With all the "green" garbage going on, there are a lot of folks jumping on the bandwagon just as "energy consultants." If you're going to have work done, many companies will credit the cost of the blower door test and other analysis towards the cost of future modifications. Backtracking and peeking at the larger picture, basements can be a source of moisture vapor. Moisture vapor and maybe even liquid through rubble foundations, or vapor through poured concrete or block foundations. Think of it this way: You tightened up your house, which lessens moisture removal, but if your basement is a source of moisture vapor, it's still adding moisture vapor to the house. If it applies to you, a good thing to do is to minimize as best as you can air movement from the unconditioned basement into the conditioned living space above. Go in the basement and look up. Any gaps in the basement ceiling that lead into the house above (plumbing penetrations, electrical penetrations, hvac penetrations, etc) can be sealed with canned foam. It makes sense to do the same thing in the attic floor if the attic is unconditioned. The goal is to keep the conditioned air that you're paying to condition within the thermal envelope of the house. It's not a sexy job, mostly elbow grease, but walking and crawling around your house and shooting gaps with foam can have great effect. With those DIY cans of foam like Great Stuff, it's best to uncover the gaps first, then fill them all at once. Ling delays between trigger actuations can allow foam to cure in the nozzle....See MoreMold in the bathroom, how much to fix/replace?
Comments (7)Definitely fix ASAP, it will get worse. We just remodeled our bathroom on a smallish budget. If we had been able to DIY to some extent, it would have definitely been a budget remodel. Labor is expensive! You should be able to do most of the demo. But have an expert evaluate what's underneath and fix as needed, a good foundation is important. If you don't mind a tub surround, those will save money especially since the install is easy. We just put in a really nice one by Sterling and love it. I think the tub and surround were maybe in the $450-500 range? You can find a vanity and counter with sink at a reasonable price at a big box store. Reuse centers may be helpful too. There are also very imespensive toilets and fixtures available that still look nice. You would probably need someone to drywall and install the tub and plumbing rough in, but you could probably learn how to put a floor down, hook up the plumbing fixtures, and finishing touches. I'm not one for loans usually, but if you can get a small (meaning just enough for the absolutely needed costs) to do this, it may be worth it to fix this while it's not out of control. While you are figuring this out, you could also consider starting to accumulate some of the smaller items you will need, such as faucets (if replacing), lights (if replacing), vanity, etc so you don't have to come up with all the money at once....See MoreReplace Broan bathroom fan with Panasonic?
Comments (4)I have a 150 CFM fan in our 80 square foot master bath (8-ft ceilings). It is very quiet, so we leave it on 24/7/365...sort of. If we need heat in the MBR then I turn the exhaust fan off and the heater on. That's rare here, but no sense sucking out the heat when you need it. Usually it's warm so sucking the heat out is good. Anyway, I can take a shower with the door closed and the air is clear and mirrors unfogged throughout the shower. There is no AC ducting into that bathroom, so all the outside air has to come through the cracks in the door. You can feel it coming in. When looking at the fan, it's going to have a squirrel cage fan unit. Look to see how hard it will be to take that out and clean it. In my case, with the fan on all the time, it needs to be cleaned regularly. I'm trying to figure out how to put a washable filter in above the grille....See MoreHow to replace bathroom fan with fan with heater
Comments (5)Most effective bathroom heaters are rated at about 1500 watts, and they recommend a 20 amp circuit. However, if your existing fan circuit is only 15 amps, and its not shared with anything else, it might still work okay. I have seen many remote switches for fan/light combos, but have not seen one for a bathroom heater/fan. However, that doesn't mean they don't make one. Again, the key point is that the remote device at the fixture end must be able to handle a 1500 watt load from the heater, so you would need a switch with that rating. It also needs to be designed and rated for hard wired installation, since your new heater/fan would have to be hard wired. Bruce...See Moretim45z10
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