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bathroom exhaust fans coltrane 04-02-2007
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Posted by coltrane on April 2, 2007, 8:09 am


I would like to put exhaust fans in 2 bathrooms. should these fans
exhaust out the roof or can they just exhaut into the attic?

thanks


john


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Posted by JoeSpareBedroom on April 2, 2007, 8:30 am


>I would like to put exhaust fans in 2 bathrooms. should these fans
> exhaust out the roof or can they just exhaut into the attic?
>
> thanks
>
>
> john
>

Roof only, and preferably through vents made specifically to accept the type
of duct normally used for such fans. The previous owners of my house did
sort of a hack job, using coat hanger wire to attach the duct to a normal
roof vent. Somehow, this hasn't caused problems, but when I re-roof soon,
it'll be fixed anyway.



Posted by HeyBub on April 2, 2007, 8:54 am


coltrane wrote:
> I would like to put exhaust fans in 2 bathrooms. should these fans
> exhaust out the roof or can they just exhaut into the attic?

They should vent to the outside else you could have moisture problems in the
attic.

I say "outside" instead of roof because it is also possible to vent to a
soffit or wall.



Posted by Mark K on April 2, 2007, 8:57 am


wrote:

>I would like to put exhaust fans in 2 bathrooms. should these fans
>exhaust out the roof or can they just exhaut into the attic?
>
>john

You don't want the moisture venting into your attic. You can vent to
the roof, or even the soffit. Either one will do the job.

Mark

Posted by coltrane on April 2, 2007, 1:36 pm


> I would like to put exhaust fans in 2 bathrooms. should these fans
> exhaust out the roof or can they just exhaut into the attic?
>
> thanks
>
> john

thanks to all. now I have to get the guts to open my roof

cheers


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