We just installed a ventilation exhaust fan in our small master bathroom.
It is rated 110CFMs and is vented up to one of our roof vents (which we have had for umteen years) on the north side of the house.
Installer used 6" aluminum flex tubing and ran it at about 30* for about 13 feet to the existing roof vent.
Our temps for the past few days have been as low as -10°. Yesterday we hit 25°. RIght now it is 32°.
When my husband went to take his HOT shower this morning he turned on the fan and after a couple of minutes water began pouring out of the vent. It has gradually stopped...
My guess is that it has been soooo unusually cold here that steam from the shower froze as it hit the metal flex tubing and stayed that way until our temps began to rise today. The moisture is now thawing and taking the path of least resistance which happens to be a short slide down through the fan housing onto our floor....
I live in Colorado and our temps aren't usually this cold but I know a lot of you live in really cold climates that stay cold all the time - ie Alaska and parts of Canada and back East here in the states...You must have vents too...How do you keep them from building up condensation so they don't drain into your bathrooms???
Thanks for any of your ideas....
It is rated 110CFMs and is vented up to one of our roof vents (which we have had for umteen years) on the north side of the house.
Installer used 6" aluminum flex tubing and ran it at about 30* for about 13 feet to the existing roof vent.
Our temps for the past few days have been as low as -10°. Yesterday we hit 25°. RIght now it is 32°.
When my husband went to take his HOT shower this morning he turned on the fan and after a couple of minutes water began pouring out of the vent. It has gradually stopped...
My guess is that it has been soooo unusually cold here that steam from the shower froze as it hit the metal flex tubing and stayed that way until our temps began to rise today. The moisture is now thawing and taking the path of least resistance which happens to be a short slide down through the fan housing onto our floor....
I live in Colorado and our temps aren't usually this cold but I know a lot of you live in really cold climates that stay cold all the time - ie Alaska and parts of Canada and back East here in the states...You must have vents too...How do you keep them from building up condensation so they don't drain into your bathrooms???
Thanks for any of your ideas....