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Default Just curious whether an attic fan is apropos here

On Sunday, August 31, 2014 5:21:20 PM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 14:04:33 -0700 (PDT), trader_4

wrote:



https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5574/1...ef7ef803_b.jpg








That looks like a bathroom ventilation fan to extract moisture from




the bathroom. It's mounted in the ceiling in the bathroom? Going out a




soffit vent...




Yeah, that isn't supposed to be, but I've seen it before. Proably not the


worst thing, but I think it's a code violation. Also, maybe it's just the


perspective, but don't those rafters seems kind of far apart? And he


did say it's a tile roof.




I'd be concerned with moisture collecting in the ducts. Pooling in low

spots for potential leaks later.



I can't tell if the duct lines are rigid or flexible. How they are

pitched or why the use a soffit vent for exhaust?


Typically they are flex, very easy to install. The easy part is also why
a lot of them wind up run to soffit vents, though as I said IDT that's code.