On Apr 6, 10:02*am, N8N wrote:
Was it ever acceptable by code to vent a bathroom fan to an attic? *I
was helping my cousin over the weekend with some minor renovations to
her condo - she wanted to replace the fan in one of the bathrooms, and
when I went up into the attic to unhook it I found that both it and
the one in the master bathroom were not vented to the outside, but had
a maybe 4' piece of dryer duct just tied to the trusses and venting
into the attic.

Originally I thought that this might have been a shortcut taken by the
roofers that replaced her roof just before she moved in, but either
they replaced none of the sheathing or all of it as it all looked
consistent. *Also I took a look at other similar units as I was
walking down the street and I didn't see any vent caps in the likely
locations on any of the roofs.

The way she explained it to me was that anything done to the outside
of any of the condos was taken care of by the association, not her
(e.g. roofs, siding etc.) so knowing exactly who to yell at would be
important.

Worst case, I guess, would be that this was a shortcut taken by the
original builder some 15-20 years ago, and it's not going to be
fixed...

nate


Perhaps that is the way it was "taken care of" by the Condo
Association...

Without knowing how your unit boundaries are described in
the applicable condo documents, can't say where those
boundaries are for your purposes here...

I would read the condo documents (not the "homeowner's
rules" as passed by the board, but the actual legal docs
which are filed with your local AHJ which establish the
property as a condo development and the association itself)
to see what they indicate...

You would then notify the board of directors for the association
of a non-code compliant condition which exist in parts of the
development for which the board is solely responsible...

What you describe seeing in the attic area is a serious
condition, besides prematurely rotting the roof deck which
could cause leaks affecting the units, a serious mold problem
could develop as well affecting the health of the occupants
of the building...

Definitely better to bring it up to the association and see
how they handle it, if they drag their feet too long call
in the local building inspector and the inspector can
send notices of violation and make things happen...

~~ Evan