Bath and kitchen extractor fan

catoutthebag

Kitchen in new place will have a stand alone cooker. For one person is it worth putting in extraction fan or just open window?

Bathroom has one extraction fan. But no window so I fear damp. Worth putting in another fan? How much? .any other ways of reducing damp potentially?

It's a flat btw

Ty

sniggings

catoutthebag wrote: »

Kitchen in new place will have a stand alone cooker. For one person is it worth putting in extraction fan or just open window?

Bathroom has one raction fan. But no window so I fear damp. Worth putting in another fan? How much? .any other ways of reducing damp potentially?

It's a flat btw

Ty

depends...new flat old flat, good insulation, bad insulation?

I live in a flat, no cooker extractor, I'm looking to get one fitted, makes a big difference with cooking smells and extracting moisture from cooking, cooking is one of the main ways to introduce moisture to the air. A window helps but not always affective, e.g night, windy outside with wind lowing in.

Opening windows for 30minutesa day is always a good idea, but if you can also add other measures it's worth it.

One extractor in the bathroom should be plenty...if it's a decent one?

Main ways to help with condensation is to prevent it, insulation, heating, cooker hoods, extractors fans, if you still have a problem a dehumidifier is great and also try to introduce less moisture in to the air, such as showers instead of baths, drying cloths outside, or in a dryer not hanging over stuff.

If the flat is fairly new,insulation should be fine, one person shouldn't add that much moisture, just do the basic stuff such as opening the bedroom window in the morning, other windows too, using the extractors and fans and it really shouldn't be a problem.

catoutthebag

It's 70s flat

I'd say half had kitchen hoods and half didn't. Hmm wonder how much of an issue it'll be? I'll only cook once in evening and not every evening and i'm not a big cook?

Clothes will be dried indoor or balcony which is fine. Wasn't an issue in previous one as I'd leave window open if I was o
In

More concerned about shower as I do like a decent length shower.

Would cost about £350 to put a wall extractor in and thst excludes decorating after . Ouch

So a plug in dehumidifier after showering will be ok?

Thanks

sniggings

catoutthebag wrote: »

It's 70s flat

I'd say half had kitchen hoods and half didn't. Hmm wonder how much of an issue it'll be? I'll only cook once in evening and not every evening and i'm not a big cook?

Clothes will be dried indoor or balcony which is fine. Wasn't an issue in previous one as I'd leave window open if I was o
In

More concerned about shower as I do like a decent length shower.

Would cost about £350 to put a wall extractor in and thst excludes decorating after . Ouch

So a plug in dehumidifier after showering will be ok?

Thanks

As said depends on the situation, not all measures are needed in every home.

My kitchen is open plan so for the smell issue alone I want one, if yours is separate then shouldn't be a problem.

The dehumidifier would do the same thing, just a bit slower,so the mirror will take longer to clear but the overall effect will be better as it will dry the walls better so less chance of a mould problem on tiles etc, I use mine to dry cloths in the bathroom, works really well.

Still worth getting a extractor at some point, a dehumidifier is slow and costs money to run, having the dehumidifier on for hours after every shower will soon get old fast.

catoutthebag

My kitchen is separate so guess ill be fine there.

See what you mean about dehumidifier costs. I'll see how the single extractor is first and try cut down my shower times.

I did notice 1 or 2 flats with 2 extractors. As ill have to leave the door open a bit it may be worth getting a dehumidifier for the hall while the shower runs

Thanks

Jonesya

If you've got an extractor in the bathroom then that should be sufficient to control humidity in there, I wouldn't go varying my bathing habits or shower times, just put the fan on and leave it on as long as necessary to clear the moisture.

As for the kitchen, well growing up my parents never had a kitchen extractor and we were a family of 4 and survived. Only tip I'd suggest is to use lids on your saucepans when boiling stuff, to cut down on steam. Get an extractor if opening the window isn't sufficient.