Keeping the bathroom door open while running the fan will allow for air exchange from other parts of the home.
Bathroom door open or closed fan.
From an energy standpoint as well as a moisture standpoint your husband is doing the wrong things.
Turn the fan on with the door closed.
If the fan holds up the toilet paper then the fan is working properly.
After it has run for a couple of minutes open the door.
If your bathroom doesn t have a fan take advantage of the door and window s to let out steam.
A simple way to test your fan s suction is to take a single square of toilet paper and place it along the fan vent while the fan is running.
Whenever weather permits open the window during your shower or bath and leave the window open for.
First you are losing more heat with the window open than you would by simply running the fan.
Is steam from the bathroom able to penetrate through the wall into the bedroom.
And if the bathroom door and window were open no extractor fan would the steam from the shower travel through the open bathroom door and through the bedroom door next to it and even along the landing and into the other bedroom causing damp in the bedrooms.
Also a push to exit door can be somewhat dangerous for people walking past the doorway just outside the bathroom door as they have absolutely no idea when the door might fly open and knock them to the floor.
Even if the door is closed all the solid surfaces of the bathroom are losing heat out the window and then will draw heat from the rest of the house to come back up to ambient temperature once the.
The first thing to verify that the fan is able to both pull air in and push it out.