I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?

On Jan 31, 8:43 pm, "
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I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?

1 - Do you know if the fan is rated for the size of the room? I had to
oversize my fan (2 X) to keep the mold off the ceiling.
2 - Do you know if the fan is actually venting the room? Perhaps it's
blocked in some manner.
3 - There are additives that can be mxed in the paint to help retard
mold growth.

P.S. I don't know where you live, but wherever the weather gets cold,
almost all bathrooms are "windowless" from a ventilation perspective.

Does your bathroom have a vent to allow easy air entrance?

the fan MUST run after the light goes off, so the room is well
ventilated, a light timer is in order here

how big is the fan and where does it dump the air?

venting it into attic, either intentionally or accidently like lose
fitting vent lines is a sure recipe for trouble

are you certain the fan is venting well and moving enough air.

Hold a piece of paper up near the fan to see if it is really pulling air.
After twenty years of telling my daughters to turn on the fan when
showering, I discovered that flapper that keeps outside air from coming in
was stuck due to a sheet metal screw used to hold the vent on to it in the
attic. Probably was this way when the house was built 30 years ago.

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I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?

On 31 Jan 2007 17:43:17 -0800, "
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I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?


I a simular problem, spots of mildew on bathroom ceiling. Althought I
have a window, but I don't open them.

This is what I did:

1. I changed out my two direction vent grill to a three direction
one. Now it blows heat/ac into the bulk of the air space.

2. I tossed in more insulation over the bathroom, now ceiling doesn't
get as cool for condensation.

3. I painted my ceiling with one of those anti-mold and mildew
paints. I think it had a 5 year warrenty.

So far, for me, no mildew anymore.

tom @ www.Consolidated-Loans.info

wrote:

I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Sure. Fully enclose the shower, as in

http://www.sunfrost.com/efficient_shower.html

Nick

I had an apartment like that once. It had no vent, but a window.
When I took a shower, I stuck a fan in the window, specifically, one
of these:

http://www.daviddarling.info/images/window_fan.jpg

It worked great!!!

On 31 Jan 2007 17:52:09 -0800, "DerbyDad03"
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P.S. I don't know where you live, but wherever the weather gets cold,
almost all bathrooms are "windowless" from a ventilation perspective.

I think it is sort of hearless to have mold and not let it see
outside.

On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:26:57 GMT, "Jeff" wrote:

Hold a piece of paper up near the fan to see if it is really pulling air.
After twenty years of telling my daughters to turn on the fan when
showering, I discovered that flapper that keeps outside air from coming in
was stuck due to a sheet metal screw used to hold the vent on to it in the

What did your daughters say when you told them this?

attic. Probably was this way when the house was built 30 years ago.

No. I tightened that screw when I was there 15 years ago.

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I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting mildy on the ceilling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?

On Jan 31, 10:43 pm, "
wrote:
I've got a bathroom in a house which is getting moldy on the ceiling
atop the shower.

The fan is on, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Anyone know a strategy for preventing this?

Anything I can put on the walls and/or ceiling?
..
Ventilate, ventilate, ventilate.
IMO You won't fix a mould problem by spreading anything on the walls/
ceiling!
We have same thing; bathroom in middle of house without window. We
have been very careful to ensure that a working ventilation fan (to
outside) never into an attic or blocked air space moves damp air (and
smells) out of house.
Since our vent faces towards the North Atlantic the fan sometimes has
to be run for a while during a nor-easter! For that reason we have not
connected the fan via a timer switch, preferring manual decision
making. The fan uses very little electricity anyway. We could run it
continuously for 24 hours for about three cents!
During some 36 years since we built this house probably have repaired
(not totally replaced) the fan motor some three or four times; also
necessary to lubricate its motor's bearing once in a while.
I keep a jar of motor bits having found that such small fan motors
often have parts (bearings etc.) in common with old phono motors, fans
from convection ovens etc. But a new motor or even a whole new fan
assembly is not expensive. Especially compared to potential house
damage and possible health risks of mould! Maybe by 40 years we'll
have to replace the fan unit? they obviously last a long time.
BTW our vent pipe/duct exiting through the cold attic then outside
through the gable end does condense moisture within it. I was very
happy that using rigid metal duct it was sloped downwards towards
outside. In cold weather the moisture forms a small icicle drip
(beard) on the vent outlet. Testament that the damp air is being
exhausted from the bathroom.
Inside; how quickly the 'steam' clears on the over sink mirror gives
an indication how quickly the fan is doing its job.
Again, ventilate. Our suggestion is, don't mess around with half
solutions.