Q Soon I will be moving into a new home, the first I have owned. The inspection was quite positive, though it generated a few things for my to-do list. One project is to redirect the bathroom vent fan ...

Q. I want to put an exhaust fan in our bathroom. I am worried that if I do this, moist air could cause mildew in our attic, which would then have to be vented. Should I be concerned about that? We do ...

No, it’s never a good idea to have any exhaust fan in your home dump all that hot, moist air in your attic. It can cause you a lot of problems with mold and mildew forming on the underside of your ...

Q My wife and I recently bought a house where the three bathroom fans are vented into the attic. There are no vents coming through the roof. We notice unsightly black mold growing around the gable ...

Although my bathroom has a window, I keep finding black spots on the ceiling, which I believe are mildew spots. I want to install an exhaust fan in the bathroom to increase air flow. Can I vent the ...

Dear readers: Recently I answered a very long question from a reader from the Chicago area who had sent me four photos of the most horrendous icing problem I recall ever seeing over the years. He had ...

Q. I am a regular reader of your column, and I have paid close attention to your recommendations for venting bathroom exhaust fans. I don’t, however, believe that I have read your advice for my ...

Q: Your column about dryer venting brings me to a related question. Can you talk about venting bathroom/kitchen fans? In the house I’m renting, I asked about where these two fans vent, and my landlord ...

Q. We had a new bathroom vent fan installed a few months ago, a high end unit, and up until this cold weather started it had worked fine. Now there is water dripping down through the fan and the light ...