{"id":3420,"date":"2013-04-17T02:14:44","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T09:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/add-vodka.com\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2015-07-07T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T21:36:52","slug":"how-we-saved-by-venting-our-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-vodka.com\/how-we-saved-by-venting-our-bathroom\/","title":{"rendered":"How We Saved by Venting Our Bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"
A fellow blogger, Jeremy,\u00a0wrote a post about the benefits of a quality home inspection<\/a>, and I have to say that I completely agree with all of this. Unless you are buying a new build condo for an awesome deal, you should always get a home inspection before buying real estate.<\/p>\n When we got our home inspection, it uncovered some serious issues, like asbestos in the attic. Fortunately we were able to negotiate a much lower price to deal with the asbestos, but if we hadn’t had the inspection, we’d be ignorantly living in a house with asbestos in the attic; we would be on the hook for it’s removal when we found out about it.<\/p>\n Our house did have a few other issues, but nothing we couldn’t handle.Our house was built in the 1960s, and, as a result, has some 1960s problems. For instance, some of the house has galvanized piping in it. Luckily, it’s not the entire house, but this is not commonly used these days for a reason.<\/p>\n They did funny things in the 60’s, and one of those things in our house included not venting the main floor bathroom.<\/p>\n The bathroom does have a vent in it, but it doesn’t go outside – it goes into the attic insulation. It also does not have a fan attached, so it is essentially worthless. The last thing we need is moldy attic insulation, especially since it’s brand new and we just laid it.<\/a><\/p>\n We noticed condensation building up in the loft windows, which is a cause for concern as that’s what causes mold. Mold is dangerous for your health and your wallet, so we investigated why it was building up.<\/p>\n We found that our venting left a lot to be desired, so we went to home depot and bought the necessary supplies to vent the bathroom properly. My partner is a carpenter, but he’s not a residential carpenter and has no experience with venting. We relied mainly on Youtube and Google to find out what to buy and how to vent it. I think anybody with a computer and some common knowledge would be able to do this, too.<\/p>\n