"David Gale" wrote in message
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My wife and I recently bought our first house, which is, of course, a
fixer-upper. One of our "immediate" repairs is to add fans to the two
bathrooms that don't currently have them (go figure--two bathrooms with
showers, no fans, one half-bath with a fan). What brands would you
recommend?

My wife likes the sound of the fan, so I'm thinking 1.0-2.0 sones would be
great. The main bath is about 65 square feet, while the other is only
about
30 (yes, it's really small), though we're considering expanding that one
eventually, so it'd probably get the same size fan as the main bathroom.

I went to Home Depot, as well as my local hardware store, to check out
their
selections, but most of the "demo" models were either not plugged in or
broken, so I couldn't test many out.

Also, would the light in a fan/light combination be bright enough to act
as
the primary light source?

Thanks in advance,
-David



I have read the posts, and I still agree that you should go
Panasonic...but...

If you are dead set on a noisy fan, Broan makes a nice ventilator that is
214CFM, at 1.8 Sones...runs about $175.
Or, the 90CFM version that is 1.5..

Either way, wire it so you can cut the noisy thing off...it will start to
drone after a while..but then, I have the Panasonics, and thats all we
install in new construction now...