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: 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. I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and lots of the ...

Mr. HandyPerson, is on vacation. This column ran in December 2004. Dear Mr. HandyPerson: I want to put an exhaust fan in our bathroom. I am worried that if I do this, moist air could cause mildew in ...

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 ...

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

Q: I’m a do-it-yourselfer, and I’m going to remodel a bathroom. I don’t like our current exhaust bath fan and am going to install a new one. I’ve done all sorts of online research, and the information ...

Q: I read your article about sealing around windows and doors by removing wood trim to use foam sealant. Are you talking about removing the interior or exterior wood trim? Another item is exhaust fans ...

Attic fans promise cooler upstairs rooms and a lighter load on your air conditioner, but if your roof vents are not set up ...

Q. I have a stove vent that drips water when it gets cold out. It is angled up, is about 20 feet long and vents through the roof. I assume warm air rises into the vent pipe and condenses, causing the ...

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 ...