We have en-suite and family bathrooms on the south-west facing side of the house, which gets blasted by wind and rain coming over open fields so I'm not keen on making holes in the wall. Normally we open the window to dry the rooms after showering, which is effective and is silent.
However I've always been aware that the attic feels damp; it's well ventilated so there's no condensation but family effects stored there smell musty and feel a little damp. I'm sure most of this is shower steam getting past the bathroom ceiling lights, which are bathroom-type sealed halogen units. At this time of year with cold winds blasting across we are less inclined to open the window so I'm beginning to regret not having fitted fans when we refurbed the house, because these would deal with most of the moisture during and for a few minutes after showering. They would also create a low negative pressure in the rooms to prevent moist air from seeping past the ceiling lights.
(We cook in the ovens of an Aga so all cooking steam goes up the Aga flue and we have a woodburner in the lounge meaning that the house is generally well aired. Clothes are dried in the utility, outside the main body of the house.)
Could I fit extractors in the ceiling, feeding into curved ducts and out downwards through vents in the soffit boards? Does anybody make a long vent for this application, which could fit into the narrow board? I would be concerned about condensation collecting in the cold ducting and dripping back into the bathroom, though they would be buried under about 500mm of glasswool so that might not be too big a problem.
However I've always been aware that the attic feels damp; it's well ventilated so there's no condensation but family effects stored there smell musty and feel a little damp. I'm sure most of this is shower steam getting past the bathroom ceiling lights, which are bathroom-type sealed halogen units. At this time of year with cold winds blasting across we are less inclined to open the window so I'm beginning to regret not having fitted fans when we refurbed the house, because these would deal with most of the moisture during and for a few minutes after showering. They would also create a low negative pressure in the rooms to prevent moist air from seeping past the ceiling lights.
(We cook in the ovens of an Aga so all cooking steam goes up the Aga flue and we have a woodburner in the lounge meaning that the house is generally well aired. Clothes are dried in the utility, outside the main body of the house.)
Could I fit extractors in the ceiling, feeding into curved ducts and out downwards through vents in the soffit boards? Does anybody make a long vent for this application, which could fit into the narrow board? I would be concerned about condensation collecting in the cold ducting and dripping back into the bathroom, though they would be buried under about 500mm of glasswool so that might not be too big a problem.