What Type of Ducting Should Be Used for a Bathroom Exhaust Fan?
Most places don't require rigid ductwork. it also appears that 2014 NY code doesn't either. 603.6.1 Air Ducts. Air ducts shall be permitted to be rigid or flexible and shall be constructed of materials that are reinforced and sealed to satisfy the requirements for the use of the air duct system, such as the supply air system, the return or exhaust air system, and the variable volume/pressure ...
What are my options for venting a bathroom exhaust fan?
The "best" approach is to take the shortest straight path to get the exhaust air out of your house. Generally that's via a roof vent. Check out this answer for a little more info. Your plan A, two bends and out the gable end is fine as an alternative. 10 feet is not a very long way for a bathroom exhaust vent.
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2023年1月30日 · Using 6" semi-rigid ducting (the fan exhaust port is only 4", so I would need an adapter/reducer of some sort) to reduce the strain caused by the bend; Using two 90 degree rigid elbows to make the 180 degree bend (I've heard these are …
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2024年9月9日 · This is about a 15 foot straight shot from the bathroom fan. I have also looked at venting out the soffit but my soffit is angled, the only decent vents I have found require flat soffit to work properly. Is my best option to vent out the front of the house in the corner? Or any better options I am missing? Pictures attached in the link below.
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2011年7月30日 · I want to fit a fan in our bathroom. The easiest way to do this seems to be to drill down from the loft and put it in directly above the shower. I'm then considering running the vent (flex pipe) through the loft and tape it to the vents (already in the eaves). Can anyone say whether this is acceptable, or is it likely to create damp in the eaves?
Does a bathroom exhaust fan have to vent to the outside?
In my last house the lav fan vented across the hall and down the basement stairs inside the ceiling. Since there was not a shower or tub in there I never bothered to change it. The upstairs bathrooms were vented through vinyl ducting to the soffit vents. My current house has all metal ducting in all toilets to the outside. –
How do I install a 1st floor bathroom fan? - vent
2014年5月13日 · You will pick a place for your fan - by the shower, in-between two joists. You will point fan vent towards wall that you can vent out of. You will run duct from fan to wall. Cut hole in wall slight bigger than duct (usually 4-6" in the US). You will cap it from the outside with a vent and secure vent to outside wall.
Is 20 feet too long to run bathroom fan duct for 100cfm fan?
Determine the proper sized fan. Once you've got all the information, it's time to select an appropriately sized fan. To do this, you can use a chart like this. Using this chart, you'll find that for a 640 cu. ft. bathroom and 70 ft. of duct (equivalent length), you'll need a 110 cfm fan to achive the recommended 8 air changes per hour.
Is it possible to vent two exhaust fans through a single wall ...
But run only the ductwork with a Y adapter. The ducting for each leg of the Y adapter to each washroom must be nearly identical. You can replace the fan opening with a grill for each washroom. Then add an 'inline fan' to the remaining leg of the Y adapter and run ducting to vent outside. The above scenario will work provided the following: 1.
Panasonic Bath fan options and venting question
2023年9月6日 · As for your bathroom 2 question, I've had very good luck with those Whisperfit fans. Because I was retrofitting it, I wired the nightlight and fan to the same switch, so when you turn the fan on, the nightlight comes on with it. They could also be run on separate switches if you'd like to run some wire to a new switch.