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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: I have had three contractors over to my house and received three different answers about how my bathroom fan should exhaust. I’m beyond frustrated. How are we homeowners supposed to protect our ...

If you have two bathrooms that are close together and one has an exhaust fan and the other doesn't, you might be wondering if ...

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 ...