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Cutting a hole in Bathroom Blind to allow ventilation (with pic)

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Towcester · 30/12/2022 19:00

Just removed loads of mould off bathroom ceiling, sanded and painted 3 coats of mould resistant paint. Don't want to have to do it again for a long time.

My family tend to take longish showers. The window is open but for privacy the blind is rolled right down so barely any steam escapes and the walls can be dripping by the time the shower has finished and blind opened.

See below pic but idea 1 would it be to cut a hole in the blind where it matches the top window to allow steam to escape?. It would be high enough that we keep our privacy and when the blind is rolled up it would look normal. Not sure of the material but it was from Hillary's Blinds some years ago and it's pretty much bomb proof so not sure how I would cut it cleanly.

Idea number 2 is to lower the blind to the level where the top part of the window can be opened and allow the steam to escape. Hopefully this will still be high enough to provide privacy (though my head would stick over blind a bit).

Is this an odd thing to do also like idea 1. Worried it will look crap and would it work?

I would keep the old brackets in situ in case we want to revert (maybe if we sell up etc) but would need to add a new set if brackets lower. Never drilled into tiles before. Is it hard? Watched a video about using masking tape etc but of course they always go smoothly in those videos. What are the chances of cracking a tile? Which drill bit is it? The timber one with pointy end? Any tips?

Pic is the window and blind. The right side of window opens at top and below. There is a towel rail and 12v fan but still getting mould so these ideas are the last thing I can think of.

Any other ideas?

Cutting a hole in Bathroom Blind to allow ventilation (with pic)
OP posts:
Findyourneutralspace · 30/12/2022 22:34

I’d swap it for a Venetian blind, and keep the top part of the window open to let the steam out.

inappropriateraspberry · 30/12/2022 22:41

Put blind up when they've finished and leave the window open. It will soon air out. We usually keep the window closed whilst we shower and open it after.

Pixiedust1234 · 30/12/2022 22:50

Ten minutes for the fan is useless, set the timer to 20 minutes . We don't have the windows open whilst we are showering but both are opened immediately after for at least an hour and we have had no mould at all since doing that. How long are you keeping your windows open for?

Daffodilsandtuplips · 30/12/2022 23:13

I’ve got Venetian blinds from Blinds2Go, I can open them from bottom to top or vice versa, so you could pull it down to the small window to let the steam out. I’ve also got them on my patio doors.
Id invest in a window vac too.

Robin233 · 31/12/2022 04:49

@validnumber
The ceiling above our shower would end up with mould spot's regularly which I would paint over.
When we redid the shower we fitted a new fan which did not run over after the light went out (no window anyway) so we left in on with the door shut for 30 mins after showering.
My dh decided to put up a plastic acrylic square exactly the size of the shower cubicle above the shower
The idea was it would be wipeable.
I think I've only had to wipe it once - mould came straight off. That was in the early days. Doesn't get mouldy at all now.
We don't have tiles at all either.
2 of the walls , including the cubicle have also been done in acrylic.
Totally wipeable , which we do in the cubicle after each shower.
No mould apart from a tiny bit on the base, which dh redid - this is 3 years later.
The other shower is in a room very much like the op's.
But we haven't got a fan - or a blind. (You can only see us if you stand in our garden though and it would only be from mid body up )
We are at the planning stage with this room.
We do get mould but ONLY just above the window on the ceiling.
It's not bad - mould spots that will need painting over.
We don't have tiles.
We do plan on put acrylic in the new shower cubicle when we do it, as we did get some mould in the cubicle, despite spraying anti mould and mildew (you can't use that with acrylic anyway) and we had to re-grout the base again.

SkylightSkylight · 31/12/2022 05:45

We had a shower with a window in it, I loved it. Ours happened to have the window where it wasn't over looked. But in your situation I don't Luke be happy with just the frosted glass. People can avert their eyes if they're bothered & I'm not bothered if someone can see the outline of my body. 💁🏻‍♀️if I was bothered, I'd put up a Venetian blind.

we had lovely wood, varnished in our window, so we had to wipe the window sill & we used a squeegee on the glass doors.

we mostly showered with the window open a tiny bit then dried the window frame & left the bathroom door ajar. Ground floor & usually going straight to work, so didn't leave the window open except at weekends etc.

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