Bathroom and Kitchen Ventilation Fans

My husband and I purchased a 50+year old house last year. the single full bath is on the first floor and without a ventilation fan- over the last year, mold has begun to grow on the ceiling of the bathroom. We would love to install a vent fan, but aren't sure if we are able to do this on our own. there is a window in the bathroom with sufficient space on the wall on either side of the window to install a fan. Does it have to be in the ceiling? or can we go through the wall so we do not have to involve the ceiling/2nd floor? Also, the outside of the house is brick- will we be able to do this ourselves? thanks so much

Bonny,
I don't know your skill sets. Read all of my Bathroom Exhaust Fan columns and you will discover how to do this job.

We bought our house a year ago (it's new) and noticed leaking in the family room ceiling directly below the master bathroom. The shower stall and pipes were leaking onto our subfloor. We are now worried about mold growth behind our walls. I placed a fan to dry out one area we can access but we're not sure what to do next. We also smell a musty area in our hall closet on the main floor. Should we look into this more? Do we need to replace the wet drywall and floor? Thanks Allison

Allison,
Yes! Remove the drywall and fix the leak! Let things dry, remediate any mold then repair all surfaces.

Hi Tim

I have a question...last year we noticed tiny littek brown bugs in our master bathroom. They are small and jump when you got to wipe them. Anyway we discovered they were coming through bathroom ceiling vent...we found a couple in the plastic housing and we bug bommed the pipe and that controlled the problem. Nothing all winter...then today as soon as it is hot I notce more of those same bugs - they appear to be coming from ceiling fan...is this even possible? How can I prevent this and/oe should I change the bathroom vent?

Thank you

Hello,
I have a single level house that has no bathroom or kitchen vent installed. My questions are when installing a vent how long can the ductwork be before I will have problems with the steam condensing back into water? Can I link the ductwork from the kitchen to the ductwork from the bathroom so I will only have to make one vent to the exterior? I live in Wisconsin with the cold winters what sort of vent to the exterior do you recommend? Roof vent, gabble vent or a soffit vent?