Bath Fan Venting
Is there any difference between venting bathroom fans through roof or out a
wall? Is one way better? I'd prefer not to cut a hole in my roof, but to vent through a wall I'll have to run 25' of duct. Thanks. -- NewsGuy.Com 30Gb $9.95 Carry Forward and On Demand Bandwidth |
Bath Fan Venting
dosferatu wrote:
Is there any difference between venting bathroom fans through roof or out a wall? Is one way better? I'd prefer not to cut a hole in my roof, but to vent through a wall I'll have to run 25' of duct. Thanks. Careful if that 25 ft run is thru the attic and it gets cold where you are. Often, condensation inside the duct occurs and runs back down to the bath. Any chance you could mount the fan itself right in the outside wall? They make a bath fan just for that. Jim |
Bath Fan Venting
Speedy Jim wrote: dosferatu wrote: Is there any difference between venting bathroom fans through roof or out a wall? Is one way better? I'd prefer not to cut a hole in my roof, but to vent through a wall I'll have to run 25' of duct. Thanks. Careful if that 25 ft run is thru the attic and it gets cold where you are. Often, condensation inside the duct occurs and runs back down to the bath. Any chance you could mount the fan itself right in the outside wall? They make a bath fan just for that. Jim I'd generally prefer to go out a soffit, but 25ft is too far for the condensation issue above as well as substantial reduction in fan capacity. I'd go with a roof vent in this case, as long as it's close and can be done on a side that's not highly visible. |
Bath Fan Venting
dosferatu wrote:
wrote: Speedy Jim wrote: SNIP what sort of vent would you use for puting the exhaust out a soffit? I have about 8" of soffit, and it would only be 4-5' away The only ones I have seen are for a roof, or wall type, that seem to need to be vertical for the shutters to work. thanks. You don't need a shutter. The fan housing has a flapper valve built-in. There are some nice decorative vent outlets you could install in a soffitt. Take a stroll down the BigBox aisle for some ideas. Jim |
Bath Fan Venting
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 20:24:25 -0500, someone wrote:
what sort of vent would you use for puting the exhaust out a soffit? I have about 8" of soffit, and it would only be 4-5' away How can the soffit only be 5 feet away, yet you needed to run 25 fee reach a wall? And the vent you use for a soffit is a soffit vent... Reply to NG only - this e.mail address goes to a kill file. |
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