Old Work Bathroom Exhaust Fan

Broan nutone exhaust ventilation fans allow your home to exhale eliminating humidity odor and airborne particulates from your bathrooms closets mud room laundry work out space and more.

Old work bathroom exhaust fan.

The broan qtx series quiet 150 cfm ceiling the broan qtx series quiet 150 cfm ceiling exhaust bath fan energy star qualified helps ventilate your bathroom. Afterwards use a dusting attachment on the vacuum to clean inside the fan s housing and motor. In this particular installation tom ran the exhaust duct into the attic and through a sidewall to the outdoors. Here this old house general contractor tom silva shows the proper way to install a bath vent fan.

Other venting options includes running the duct up through the roof or down through the soffit. I still had to work from the attic side because the 3 inch vent pipe had been cobbled in there and it would have been difficult to attach it to the new fan from below. Cut the ductwork only as long as needed. The fan features 1 4 sones for quiet operation and vents moisture in bathrooms up to 135 sq.

I chose it because of the easy retrofit. I replaced a 30 year old nutone fan with this one. Bathroom fan maintenance before cleaning your fan turn it off at the switch or circuit breaker. A decent bath fan for the price.

While leaving extra length may help during the installation your bathroom fan will have to work harder to move air through.