Do Laundry Rooms Need Exhaust Fans?
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Comments (4)Yes, they pull the air out of a room and if it's moisture laden, then it gets pulled out.............BUT not enough to be that effective. I put up expensive washable wallpaper in my spare bathroom. After taking a bath or shower the paper started to peel. So I added a piece of glass to the top of the enclosure, so it's totally enclosed, added a ceiling light inside the shower so it's not too dark.....problem solved. The moisture stays in the glass enclosure. :0) The mirror still fogs over when I get out, but no water runs off the walls like it used to....See MoreExhaust fan for toilet room?
Comments (11)If you put a properly sized exhaust fan in the toilet room, it should be able to adequately exhaust moisture and odors and meet all normal code requirements. If the total bathroom area is very large, you might need a second fan in the bath area or a second intake from a single remote fan. I don't believe the second location would be required by code within one bathroom but from your description I suspect you will need it. Remember that the fan can only remove air from a large room as fast as the bathroom door undercut will allow unless there is a transfer duct or HVAC supply duct....See MoreNeed ALOT of help with bathroom exhaust fan
Comments (20)As for fan-lights in the shower, it seems ineffective to try to remove water vapor laden air from the shower since most of it will condense on the walls before that can happen anyway. My goal is to remove humid air from the vanity area and allow fresh air drawn from the door undercut to reduce fogging of the mirror and window glass. The entire bathroom will eventually dry out if you use a fan with a built in timer and/or constant low speed feature like Panosonic's WhisperGreen series. I have yet to find a fan-light combination that performs as well as separate units. Here are my criteria: no CFL or LED lamps (LED inappropriate in a bathroom; CFL inappropriate in a house) Max sound rating .8 sone max grille size 13x13 flush with ceiling variable speed fan with timer Panasonic makes a recessed spotlight-fan combination (FV08VRL1) but it uses a CFL. I suppose a halogen PAR lamp could be substituted because the CFL is probably only needed to get an EnergyStar rating but I am not comfortable recommending it. To reduce fan noise it is important to reduce back-pressure by using larger metal ducts....See MorePowder room exhaust fan location?
Comments (18)C&R - I believe you live in Texas? Well, Chicago doesn't have the same climate as Houston (thank god). Exhaust fans in the laundry are not required in my burb. And I have to say, I've never noticed that the washing machine raises the humidity measurably. My washer is a front loading HE washer and uses very little water. Never have I ever felt the need for an exhaust in my current laundry. Plus, my new laundry has an operable window. Anyway, it seems to me an odd requirement - don't most dryers essentially act as exhaust fans when they run because they take air from the room and exhaust it (through the dryer) outside? kudzu9 - my husband agrees with you that a 5 foot long duct does not impact a fan negatively. But most of the time this fan is not running, and during extremely cold weather the duct's air temperature (being essentially open to outside) drops to be freezing cold, and of course the longer the duct, the further that cold air reaches underneath our master bath floor, which is why he'd like to keep the duct as short as possible: we like warm toes :-)...See More- 2 years ago
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