From the Forum: What's the Best Way to Vent an Interior Bathroom?

A Brownstoner reader has two windowless interior bathrooms and is looking for a better venting solution.

kms_bklyn writes:

Our two story wood frame house has two bathrooms, one on each floor. They are stacked on top of each other. They are in the interior of the house and don’t have windows, though in the past they had windows that opened onto an air shaft, but the windows have since been removed, sheetrocked, and tiled over.

Each bathroom has a ceiling vent/fan, but I don’t think they do much good (nor am I sure where they vent to). What do others do to vent interior bathrooms? Put the windows back in? New fan that vents to the air shaft or cockloft or roof?

How have you successfully vented your interior bathrooms? Share your advice in the original post.

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