[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by YouNeverKnow

Love, love, ours! I would do it again in a heartbeat. The bathroom gets so hot and steamy even with the exhaust fan.
You have to get one that has short blades and is wet rated.

If your bathroom gets hot and steamy even with the exhaust fan running, then probably your exhaust fan isn’t nearly strong enough. It might not even be vented properly, and perhaps it is loud. Over the years I’ve installed three Panasonic WhisperFit ventilation fans (actually, an earlier version slightly louder). Even at 110 cubic feet per minute (which is what you need), it’s hard to hear them. When I get out of a shower or long bath, there is never fogging on the window or mirror, and the room isn’t humid. If you like a long hot shower, you might think about having one installed in the shower ceiling. This will really help dry out your shower stall, and you will get less mold or mildew.
See below (there are a number of models that do different things. This one is for easy replacement.:
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My timer for the fan in the bathroom is like this, and I love it.
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[neikenberry]

We have ceiling fans in every room except the bathrooms, and we keep them on low 24/7. Reduces the need for lower AC temps, is less expensive than turning down the AC, better distributes air and evens out temps in different areas of the home, and and moving air helps reduce any stale air odors. The only caveat is we run ours with down draft. If you run them with updraft eventually your ceilings will get dirty from accumulated air dust. I can think of no reason to not have and use them.

[cbmerl]

Originally Posted by waltwl

Thinking of adding a ceiling fan in the master bathroom. Have you done this and would you do it again.

Absolutely!! I have had a fan installed in every Master bath in every house since I can remember. It is just something I feel I need while getting ready/dressed for the day. I love it and think it its definitely worth it. Do it...you will be so happy you did!

[chas39]

Yes we did it not directly over the middle of the bed , it’s a good thing to do.

[rugbyjohn]

Have done it at our home in the Villages and all of our other homes over the years. Invest in a good fan, not a cheap one. Amongst other problems a cheap fan starts making noise and if like me it will bother you when sleeping. Should allow you to take your thermostat down by at least a couple of degrees at night.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by waltwl

Thinking of adding a ceiling fan in the master bathroom. Have you done this and would you do it again.

If someone in your home has a lot of hair and uses a blow dryer after a hot shower and leaves the bathroom covered with sweat, a ceiling fan is a great idea. Bear in mind that ceiling fans are heavy and have to be connected to a special kind of electrical light fixture, like this, which can be done without going into the attic:
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(I’m assuming that you are replacing a ceiling light in the middle of the ceiling and that it has a switch near the door. Would you replace it with a fan and light combination or with just a fan? Usually there’s a chain to turn the light on and off and to turn the fan on and off. If you are okay with pulling a chain when you want the ceiling fan, that’s fine. If you want to be able to turn on each separately from a wall switch, you will need an electrician to run an extra wire through the attic and add another switch box. This isn’t all that cheap. If you don’t have a ceiling light now, you will again need an electrician to run the wiring.)

If you’ve installed ceiling fans before, you know you need something sturdy to stand on, and you need a sizable amount of upper body strength. They are ungainly. It’s a do-it-yourself project, but you have to know how and have the strength.

[Holpat39]

Highly recommend a ceiling fan in the bathroom. Home is 18 years old and the exhaust fan doesn't seem to do the trick anymore. The fan keeps mirrors from fogging up and in the summer helps with cooling down the hot bathroom after a shower.

[Curtisbwp]

I'm pretty sure that the two houses that i owned came with a fan in br. BUT i did replace them. I had a "hunter" fan with lights and remote controls installed. ($100 + at home depot) variable speed dimmer on light. I would not go without a fan in the br.

[noodlemaker]

Would not have a bedroom without fan. we use ours often.

[NavyVet]

I could not live w/o mine. Especially in models like Iris, Lantana, Lily and others where the master suite is the farthest corner of the house opposite where the garage/air handler is. They are notoriously the warmest rooms in the house. We had fans added to both the kitchen and mstr bath in our last house (Iris) and we are now in a pre-owned Begonia that came with 10 ceiling fans; one in every room including Mstr Bath, plus 2 on lanai and 2 in garage. Ceiling fan does a better job than the 2 exhaust fans at keeping mirrors from fogging, etc. Plus the moving air helps keep you cooler. There are lots of women in TV with hot flashes who appreciate that!

[Johnston7649]

We’ve had a ceiling fan in the master bathroom in our last 4 houses and would definitely recommend. For a women it comes in very handy when blow drying your hair and applying makeup without sweating.

[Atamasco]

We did and would do it again. Due to the slope of our ceiling we had to use a short-bladed fan

[Sherry8bal]

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!! It makes for much nicer sleeping most of the year

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Sherry8bal

ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!!!! It makes for much nicer sleeping most of the year

You sleep in the bathroom?

[Blue Oval]

How can improved air circulation in a confined humid bathroom hurt anything??? Definitely a simple upgrade.