Bathroom exhaust fans perform an important function by removing excess moisture from your home.
Vent bathroom fan out of attic.
One static vent style is the turbine vent which uses wind to power its enclosed fan all it takes is a light breeze to rotate the blades and suck heat out of the attic view example on the home.
Video tutorial on how to replace your bathroom exhaust fan in 5 minutes or less.
Venting through a roof vent or exhausting them in the attic could cause moisture problems and rot.
And there is one other invisible place where you will find water in the bathroom.
The best exhaust fan venting is through smooth rigid ducts with taped joints and screwed to a special vent hood.
If you have two bathrooms that are close together and one has an exhaust fan and the other doesn t you might be.
In all cases the ducting needs to conduct the exchaust to the building exterior and needs to terminate in an animal proof vent cover.
Solving this problem calls for some construction creativity smart product selection and the installation skills of an experienced hvac contractor.
Splashing on the floor beading up on the walls dripping down the mirror.
No you cannot vent your bathroom exhaust fan into the attic.
Water is everywhere in a bathroom.
This involves running ductwork from the fan usually though an attic and out through the roof.
I ve replaced lots of this style broan fan and they are very popular.
Each fan vents separately out the roof.
Depending on the location of the bathroom it may be easy to vent the exhaust fan through the roof.
For example an 8 x 5 bathroom would require a 40 cfm exhaust fan.
It eliminates the need for routing ductwork through the house and these fans usually dry the bathroom more quickly.
One in line centrifugal fan can be mounted in the attic to exhaust the moisture from two bathrooms.
Bathroom ventilation fan duct routing routing a bath vent duct down out or up through an attic or roof out.
As a rule of thumb most bathroom air movement capacity rates will work out to be one cfm per square foot of bathroom area.
Vent your bath and kitchen exhaust fans through the roof through a special roof hood.
When venting a bathroom exhaust fan make sure to vent the air to the outside rather than into your attic where it can cause mold and mildew to form.
This article describes routing bath exhaust fan duct upwards through an attic or roof space or downwards through a floor or crawl space.