I am sure that most of us have found water stains on our walls after we have a steam bath or steam shower. It’s actually quite common for steam to condense on our bathroom walls. The reason being is that most bathroom vent fans aren’t designed to remove all steam in a matter of seconds.
So what can you do to reduce moisture on your bathroom wall? First of all you have to choose an exhaust fan with the correct capacity for the size of your bathroom. Multiplying the length and the width of an 8 foot ceiling bathroom, i.e. 8x 10 = 80 cubic feet would require that you need an exhaust fan that can handle at least 80 cubic feet per minute (CFM) or more.
The easiest thing to do is to turn the vent fan on before you start your shower, and let it run for a 15 to 30 minutes after you finish your shower. You can install a timer switch so you don’t have to go back to turn off the vent fan. Humidity sensing fans use specialized sensing technology to detect on automatically exhaust fan has enough capacity for the size of the bathroom.
Another way to ensure proper venting is by connecting the exhaust fan to the outdoors through the wall or roof. Clean the venting ducts if its air flow is restricted by the configuration make sure the duct is as short as possible with least amount of turns.
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