Ever since I bought my condo, I realize there is a bunch of stuff that I never learned, that I need to pick up.
Over the last couple of weeks, I have made an effort to make my bathroom fan work better; the bathroom was getting way too misty and sweaty after taking a shower. Along with replacing the electric outlet to be a 60-minute timer, I started trying to clean the fan. I clearly had never cleaned out the dust over the past couple of years, and from looking at it, it appears the guy I bought from never cleaned it either. I just never knew or realized it was something to worry about.
It was really gross in there. There is all sorts of "gunk" in there, and it was rather difficult to clean. Neither my vacuum or hand-vac were powerful enough, so I bought a Euro-Pro Shark, 700 W from Bed Bath and Beyond (with the obligatory 20% discount from the myriad of coupons I have from them). While that is one powerful machine (and a great buy at $14.99-20% off), it still wasn’t enough.
Thankfully, I realized that the fan actually came down with a few key screw-removals (of course; watch out – some of the gunk may fall on your head as you remove it. Not saying that I got hit with that or anything — urghh). Using a screwdriver head, I was able to remove most of the rest of the gunk, and the Euro-Shark got the rest… I now have a clean fan!
I am excited to shower and see how much of a difference it makes.
Lesson – everything in your house needs cleaning every now and then; especially if it’s job is to collect gunk from elsewhere.
