On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 06:37:34 -0800 (PST)
N8N wrote:

On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 9:11:13 AM UTC-5, burfordTjustice
wrote:
On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 05:13:36 -0800 (PST)
N8N wrote:

Hi all

got an issue at a friend's rented house

I helped move her in and noticed that neither bathroom vent fan
was actually vented to outside, just output loose in attic

a few weeks ago a bad storm damaged the roof and I told her to
mention to landlord that this would be a great opportunity to
correct the bathroom fan venting, he thanked her for the
suggestion and said that it'd be taken care of

well his "handyman" is an idiot. Apparently there was an
abandoned 4" roof vent about 7-8' away from the large bathroom's
fan, instead of recutting the hole in the ply that had been
scabbed over in a previous roof replacement and hooking the bath
vent up there he got some 4" flex duct and ran it all the way to
the abandoned vent. He didn't do a thing to the small master
bedroom's fan, it is still unvented. The whole mess is not held
together with proper transitions or clamps, it's all duct tape
and fail. What a ****ing hack job.

At this point I see that the handyman is cutting corners wherever
the owner isn't cognizant of what a proper job should look like
and that this job is probably never going to get done properly.
I know the *right* way to do it is to get up on the roof and
install a new vent but I don't want to cause friction. At the
same time I don't like the potential for mold and mildew that the
current arrangement creates.

What I'm thinking of doing is just not talking to the guy and
getting some proper 3" flex duct, and a 2x3" to single 4" y
adapter and hooking things up that way. It'll still look like a
knot in a canine's genitalia but at least both fans would be
vented to the outside.

Questions: would this meet code? Is there any downside to doing
it this way other than being ugly and messing up the attic space?

thanks!

nate

Sounds like you are a busy body butting into others business
with out the knowledge or skills to know what is correct.


Wow. I knew Usenet had gone downhill, but really?

I happen to have a whole mess of code books on my desk; I can
certainly look this up myself, and I know for a fact that venting
into an attic is not kosher. I was thinking that maybe someone
knowledgeable might be able to answer my question without having to
search through sections that I don't normally deal with (I don't do
residential typically) but instead the first two responses are not
only unhelpful but antagonistic? What the actual ****?

As you can see he

http://thehtrc.com/2013/getting-deta...xhaust-venting

there are code references explicitly stating that venting into attic
is prohibited.

Additionally, how is it being a "busybody" to try to prevent
someone's possessions stored in attic space from getting all
mildewy? and to try to help prevent possible health issues due to
same? It's called being a good, helpful person, you should try it
sometime.

Now if someone actually knowledgeable and helpful can tell me if it's
OK by code and functionally to wye them together to the same vent,
that would be good to know. If not, I will have to look it up
later. (location does not permit venting out of gable without a long
run so even a wye would be preferable to that.)

sheesh...

Well if you need some fat government agent to tell you how
to do the job you are pathetic.

The code is only to relieve the contractor of some legal
responsibility.