Younger House Love

Installing a ventilating fan in your bath does more than simply remove fogged-up windows, steamy mirrors and stale odors. It also helps prevent moisture-related problems, such as the growth of mildew and mildew, that can be costly to remove and result in well being problems. Here, This Old House basic contractor Tom Silva shows the right approach to set up a shower vent fan. In this particular set up, Tom ran the exhaust duct into the attic and thru a sidewall to the outdoors. The burgundy purple flooring in the master bedroom of Sara and Andrew’s Massachusetts farmhouse didn’t match the contemporary and energetic persona of the newlyweds. So to replace the area, they painted the floor in a light checked pattern, using beige and white to heat up their cool blue partitions.

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