Location for bathroom extractor fan
Moderator: Moderators
-
- Senior Member
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:51 pm
- Has thanked: 9 times
- Been thanked: 0
Location for bathroom extractor fan
I have a small bathroom in the back addition of a terraced house and am wondering where's the best location for an extractor fan. On the left wall at the end of the bath, or on the end wall & higher up. Or does it matter?
- Attachments
-
- DSC_1802.JPG (143.98 KiB) Viewed 2130 times
- ayjay
- Senior Member
- Posts: 9891
- Joined: Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:51 pm
- Has thanked: 458 times
- Been thanked: 1708 times
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
The act of the extractor in withdrawing air from your bathroom requires that that air is replaced from somewhere.
Put it next to an open window and you'll create a perfectly useless current of air circling between the two - I'd opt for a position which is well away from where the air will be drawn in and try and make any source of steam be on that route.
Put it next to an open window and you'll create a perfectly useless current of air circling between the two - I'd opt for a position which is well away from where the air will be drawn in and try and make any source of steam be on that route.
One day it will all be firewood.
-
- Senior Member
- Posts: 112
- Joined: Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:51 pm
- Has thanked: 9 times
- Been thanked: 0
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
I agree, I've lived in the house for 25 years and never had a problem with mould etc as I've always cracked the window open. I'm now looking at renting it out so it comes down to whether the tenant bothers to open the window or not. Maybe your example of 'a useless current of air circling between the two' would be better than no ventilation at all if the door & window are both closed?
- wine~o
- Senior Member
- Posts: 26157
- Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:49 pm
- Location: hants/dorset border
- Has thanked: 1413 times
- Been thanked: 3986 times
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
If it were me I'd install an inline fan in the loft. Screw down a board with a tap washer at each screw point.. then fit the inline fan to the board again using tap washers. This will minimise vibration and therefore noise. (noise is the main reason tenants won't switch on fans)
Vented via the soffit with the inlet in the ceiling.
This sorta thing https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-in-l ... 00mm/41379
Then the vent can be fixed directly over or adjacent to the shower.
Vented via the soffit with the inlet in the ceiling.
This sorta thing https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-in-l ... 00mm/41379
Then the vent can be fixed directly over or adjacent to the shower.
Verwood Handyman
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk
- Cantseeitfrommyhouse
- Senior Member
- Posts: 719
- Joined: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:33 pm
- Location: North Herts
- Has thanked: 36 times
- Been thanked: 108 times
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
wine~o wrote:If it were me I'd install an inline fan in the loft. Screw down a board with a tap washer at each screw point.. then fit the inline fan to the board again using tap washers. This will minimise vibration and therefore noise. (noise is the main reason tenants won't switch on fans)
Vented via the soffit with the inlet in the ceiling.
This sorta thing https://www.screwfix.com/p/manrose-in-l ... 00mm/41379
Then the vent can be fixed directly over or adjacent to the shower.
Hide the Isolator as well. And write it into their tenancy agreement that if the little twunts turn it off they can be shot in the face.
-
- Mr. Grumpy
- Posts: 3193
- Joined: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:41 pm
- Has thanked: 25 times
- Been thanked: 109 times
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
Cantseeitfrommyhouse wrote:
Hide the Isolator as well. And write it into their tenancy agreement that if the little twunts turn it off they can be shot in the face.
No tenant if mine every opens a window, especially in the bathroom. I would get a good extractor fan surf a trickle feature, over run and humidistat.
Will save you money in the future.
- wine~o
- Senior Member
- Posts: 26157
- Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:49 pm
- Location: hants/dorset border
- Has thanked: 1413 times
- Been thanked: 3986 times
Re: Location for bathroom extractor fan
Mental ... go to the website and put 41379 in the search box.davej wrote:Thanks, for some reason the Screwfix site won't display properly for me, regardless of which browser I use. Strange, not had that before.
Verwood Handyman
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk
_____________________________________________________________________________
If you feel you have benefited from the Free advice given on the Forum, Please consider making a donation to UHM's Nominated charity, read all about it and donate here :
http://www.donnasdreamhouse.co.uk