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On Apr 27, 3:36�pm, "DGDevin" wrote:
grodenhiATgmailDOTcom wrote:
I have a dumb question.... �We have a 40 sqft. bathroom (full bath).
The exhaust fan can not keep up. �It's been getting worse and worse
since we moved in a few years ago. �We've tried cleaning it out a few
times but that does little good. �We didn't put it in, but from the
looks of it, it's one of those super cheap Broan fans
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...d=26556-1....).
It's rated to fit our size bathroom but does not cut it. �What I'd
like to do is replace it with a new better quality one. �My question
is...... �Is there a way to do this without getting into the attic?
If I buy a better model Broan (same size unit) can I simply put it in
the existing box in the ceiling? �Ideally I want to disconnect and
pull down the old one and reconnect a new one in it's spot. �Thanks!!


Check out Panasonic fans, we put one in the kitchen and it's so quiet it's
hard to tell when it's running and yet it moves a ton of air. �I wish we'd
known about them when we were doing the bathroom, we have an Air King in
there (supplied by the electrician) that sounds like a jet engine in
comparison.


if you want quiet anstall a remote fan, blower is at exit and sucks
the air out, install a louver in the door for make up air.

but inspect everything, sounds like the duct is blocked somehow