Ordinary tasks like showering, bathing and shaving can put home-harming humidity into the air in your the Rio Grande Valley home. There’s good news though—a modest bathroom ventilation fan can keep you from warped wood, mold growth, damaged drywall and other trouble related with a humid bathroom.
Even if you have ventilation fans in your bathrooms, do you know if they’re the proper size? Are they as noiseless and energy efficient as they could be? Cytech Heating & Cooling L.C. is here to answer your questions.
Today’s bathroom ventilation fans are small and sleek and they run more quietly and efficiently than ever before. You’ll find a great range of choices, from classic fans that will get the job done to fans with integrated heat lamps, motion sensors and heat-exchanger ventilation that helps prevent warmed air from leaking through your ventilation. While you have a lot of bells and whistles to select from, the most imperative feature of your fan is whether or not it’s big enough to do its job.
Assessed by the cubic feet per minute (CFM) of air they move, 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. Therefore, 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 heed HGTV’s advice for bathrooms larger than 100 square feet – determine your CFM requirements by toting 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 proper size, or you know it’s time for a new one, give the experts at Cytech Heating & Cooling L.C. at call at 956-630-3522. We’re here to help you ensure you have a ventilation fan that will drive hard to care for your home and keep it cozy.