to turn the bathroom fan off after my shower? DH says

[skrullandcrossbones]

yes, and it should be left on for hours until someone notices half an hour like he does.

What do you do?

Left on. Its to get rid of condensation.

Your DH is right.

Leave it on or open the window. You don't want mould in your bathroom.

I don't have a bathroom fan or a mouldy bathroom. So on that evidence YANBU.

He's right - it should be left on, or a window whould be left open. Mould happens when the steam left in the room condenses on the cold walls and tiles. You need to get rid of the steam before it condenses.

Callisto, I am guessing that your bathroom is beautifully well ventilated

I always turn ours off and open a window otherwise the males in my house would leave it on all morning and all night.

Open the window!

I don't open the window for two reasons - they are very low down and we have young children, plus they open on to the street and don't want to be flashing people...

So how long is a while? DH leaves the fan on for hours and hours, which seems a bit of a waste.

Get a fan with a timer? Ours all cut out after a while (10 mins?).

Yeah, y' need some sort of ventilation after a shower. 'tis obvious.

Dh is right. You should leave it on and half an hour sounds about right.

My bathroom has no window, the fan is on all the time (specially designed to be like that) then it does a boost thing when it is switched on

ours turns off when you switch the light off. not bothered about mould since it#'s a rented place for 1 year and the mangment company are VILE

ours is 'attached' to the light.......it drives me mad, can't have a peaceful bath unless I have it in the dark must go buy candles for bathroom

DH insists on turning lights off all the time, but funnily enough has no problem leaving the bathroom one on

I just open the window and close the door

dh is right, get a timer and leave it on for an hour after the shower. 10 mins really isn't enough.

A timer sounds like a good idea. Do you need an electrician to fit that?

Is the consensus that an hour is a good time limit?

Yes, I hate the fact it's connected to the light too - don't need the light on this time of year, and don't want the fan coming on when I'm going in at night to brush my teeth...

MIL has 2 bathrooms, the teeny weeny tiny family shower room has a fan which is connected to the light, it switches on and off when the light goes on and off. The shower room is in the centre of the bungalow so no window.
The MAHOOOOOSIVE master ensuite with jacuzzi bath has a fan which is also connected to the light, this room is at the edge of the house so it has a window, but this fan has a timer of about 5-10 minutes.

go figure!

Oh forgot, your DH is right, sorry! Try and get a timer installed though, so neither of you have to worry about leaving it on :)

Mine is connected to the light but there is also a switch so it can be turned off

Yes, he's right. It should be left on for a good while. Although probably not 'hours and hours'

I turn mine off and then open the window....def need some air to get in somewhere or you'll get mould.

We've got a fancy fan that has a timer. When you switch the light off the fan stays on for half an hour afterwards. It cost a whole pound more than the ordinary one.

Try one of them

It should be left on until most of the steam has cleared. That's what it is for.

I turn mine off straight away, as the noise drives me bonkers. No mould here.