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i_teach_esl · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Location: baebang, asan/cheonan

do i leave the fan/vent on in my bathroom after i shower? or should i just turn it on during? should i keep the bathroom door open or closed when the vent/fan thing is running? do i call it a vent or a fan?

mehamrick · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Location: South Korea

beware of vent fan death....

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Do whatever you need or want to do to keep it at the level of humidity you prefer.

Travelous Maximus · Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Location: Nueva Anglia

I used to turn it on during cuz I lived in a studio apartment and I was afraid that the steam would ruin my laptop.

hubba bubba · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

Sometime I really wonder how people have made it this far in life.

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

In winter, I would only run it for a bit b/c the extra humidity will eb good for your apartment. In summer, turn it on and leave it on for quite a while since its already so humid.

Door doesn't matter. Turn it on after not during.

gsxr750r · Joined: 29 Jan 2007

Whatever it takes to keep the mold away.

In winter, I don't run it so much. As mentioned, the humidity is needed in winter.

mikowee · Joined: 03 Aug 2006

I like how you asked such a stupid, simple question. This isn't an insult, as I have similar questions all the time. It's just that I try to google the answers instead of asking in a forum, since you would get the obvious responses a la hubba bubba.

I didn't know the answer either, by the way. I don't even have a vent. You must have a decent apartment.

jhaelin · Joined: 30 Aug 2006

in the summer you should check to see if your air-con has that feature that dehumidifies the air.
some do, which is nice.

i usually get the air-con running before hitting the shower and by the time i get out the humdity is just about where i want it. which is key cause i hate the summer-curly-hair!

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

i_teach_esl · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Location: baebang, asan/cheonan

if i dont know or am not sure of something, i dont pretend as if i do/am. a$$.

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

charlieDD · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Location: Seoul, Korea

I don't think it's such a "stupid question". A lot of homes in the west don't have vents in the bathrooms either because they have windows in them.

Hey, while in the Korean bathroom: Ever take the cover plate off the drain in the shower? Quite an impressive display of Korean engineering under there of catch basins. I have to say the Korean drain system is far, far better than what we usually have in the states. While you can lose a ring if you drop in the shower in a typical American bathroom, with the Korean one, if it happens to get past the top straining plate, you will find the item you dropped inside in a kind of "catch bowl".

(I've heard the system also keeps rodents and insects from crawling up into apartments too.)

If you've never lifted the plate off the drain before and cleaned the three parts that are inside, . . . you might want to try it some time. It can get pretty putrid in there. Cleaning it regularly is a good idea to get rid of "that bathroom smell that never seems to go away." I clean mine once a month or so.