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After waiting on a contractor for months my boyfriend is finally renovating his bathroom. He lives in a nice, older suburb right outside of town. While his 1950’s brick ranch is in good condition for the most part, the bathroom was not. Aside from the ugly blue tile, toilet, bathtub, and sink there was really one major problem: mold. A problem with the vent in