Ordinary tasks like showering, bathing and shaving can put home-destructive humidity into the air in your Mankato area home. There’s good news however—a modest bathroom ventilation fan can protect you from deformed wood, mold growth, cracked drywall and other problems connected with a humid bathroom.
Even if you have ventilation fans in your bathrooms, do you know if they’re the right size? Are they as noiseless and energy efficient as they could be? Northern Comfort Inc is here to answer your questions.
Today’s bathroom ventilation fans are small and sleek and they run more quietly and economically than ever before. You’ll find a great range of options, from simple fans that will get the job done to fans with integrated heat lamps, motion sensors and heat-exchanger ventilation that helps block warmed air from getting out through your ventilation. While you have a lot of bells and whistles to select from, the most imperative characteristic of your fan is whether or not it’s full-sized enough to do its job.
Assessed by the cubic feet per minute (CFM) of air they transfer, a bathroom ventilation fan should be able to swap out the air in a bathroom at least eight times an hour. With a standard 8-foot ceiling, your ventilation fan should have a CFM rating about the number of square feet in your bathroom. So, if your bathroom is 5 feet by 8 feet, a CFM rating of 40 would be adequate.
If you have a higher ceiling, the equation gets a little more complex. You’ll want to multiply the width of the room by its height and length, divide it by 60 and multiply by 8. Or, to keep it easy, you can use HGTV’s tips for bathrooms larger than 100 square feet – establish your CFM requirements by adding 50 CFM for every toilet; 50 CFM for each shower, bath and combo; and 100 CFM for each whirlpool.
If you’re unsure if your bathroom ventilation fan is the correct size, or you know it’s time for a new one, give the experts at Northern Comfort Inc at call at 507-387-6596. We’re here to help you make sure you have a ventilation fan that will run hard to care for your home and keep it comfortable.