Maintenance Monday: Getting all Steamed Up

I am of the “qual­ity, not quan­tity” phi­los­o­phy. But qual­ity will only get you so far; proper main­te­nance of your pos­ses­sions is a very impor­tant com­po­nent to get­ting the most value out of the qual­ity prod­ucts you buy. I’m start­ing a new weekly “col­umn” of sorts where I’ll share a main­tance tip that I employ to help keep my house and my pos­ses­sion in tip-top shape.

Hav­ing remod­eled two bath­rooms in the past year, proper bath­room main­te­nance is a high pri­or­ity around here. I sure don’t want to put out that kind of cash again for a very long time! At least not for bath­rooms

The most impor­tant main­te­nance con­sid­er­a­tion for bath­rooms is to avoid any sit­u­a­tion which will allow, or even worse encour­age, the growth of mold and mildew. And an impor­tant weapon in the fight against mold and mildew is your aver­age, every­day mild-mannered bath­room fan.

My con­trac­tor kept telling me that bath­room vent­ing fans can­not pull mois­ture out of a room. I politely smiled and nod­ded and went about my busi­ness leav­ing him to install the new fans.

The truth is he was absolutely cor­rect — bath­room fans can­not and will not pull mois­ture (steam) out of a bath­room. But they can do some­thing even bet­ter — they can keep the steam from even forming.

The right time to turn on your bath­room fan is before you get in the shower. The fan keeps the tem­per­a­ture in the room cool so steam doesn’t form. I’m sure you’re famil­iar with what a steamy bath­room is like — mois­ture on every sin­gle sur­face: the walls, the mir­ror, the ceil­ing. The warmth and mois­ture con­tent of steam is like steroids to mold and mildew. Don’t feed the mon­ster! Use your bath­room fan!

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