Can someone please tell me who sells these new bathroom exhaust fans that
are installed in the attic? What is the brand name?
Thanks
Bathroom Exhaust Fans Video
VIDEO SUMMARY
The normal bathroom exhaust fan is extremely loud and not very powerful. But, there is a new bathroom fan that will get all the moisture out of the bathroom and is whisper quiet!
These new bathroom exhaust fans work like a central vacuum system. The motor is mounted up in the attic above or slight away from the bathroom. The fan motor connects to one or more small exhaust boxes in the bathroom. These inlet boxes can incorporate a bright light.
The humid air travels up through one of these inlet vents through insulated flexible piping. Two vents can be connected to the exhaust fan motor with the use of a "Y" fitting. Large screw clamps are used to connect the flexible exhaust hose to the motor.
The fan forces the humid air up a larger diameter hose to the exhaust vent on the roof. Watch Tim's video Roof Flashing for Bathroom Fans for valuable information on installing the roof vent.
These new fans have an electronic timer switch with preset times. The fan will continue to run after you leave the bathroom, but will turn themselves off after the selected time. This will help remove all or most of the humid air from the bathroom to lessen the growth of mold.
Since the motor is not right in the bathroom ceiling, they are whisper quiet.
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Brad 22 Sep 2008, 16:10
dennis 24 Oct 2008, 22:37
Brad
You will have to go to a electrical supplier house to get something like the inline duct fans. You cannot get them at HD or lowes or similar. Tim Looked around for an answer to this but even if you size a bathroom fan correctly for the room's size, is it just unavoidable to still have some steam build up on the windows/mirrors? In my case, the calculations for my bathroom came out to need a 54 CFM fan (bathroom is small) but I put in a 80 CFM and still have a little fog on the windows. I did vent through the roof similar to your video and it turned out well.
Jeff 21 Nov 2008, 21:48
I am interested in doing this project in my bathroom and was wondering
where you can get the inlet vent boxes with light fixture. I have not seen
any on Home Depot or Lowes web sites.
Is there a specific name for the inlet vent box or a manufacturer? I am in Colorado. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Susan Vessels 17 Dec 2008, 07:16
I have a 200 year old house with a slate roof, and am reluctant to have new
hole punched in the roof. Can we use an already existing roof vent for your
quite remote exhaust fan that is about 25 feet away, and around a corner
from the the installation point?
Allen 22 Mar 2009, 13:21
How can I minimize of the fan? Like my old one, it is not only noisy, but
it also shakes my house.
thks
bill 06 May 2009, 18:27
I am very interested in this product. Can you please tell me the
manufacturer and where I can purchase it.
Thanks, Bill
John 24 Jun 2009, 06:49
Could you please tell who the manufacurer or where I can purchase this
bathroom attic fan. Great idea.... Thank you.
john 23 Aug 2009, 01:22
I'm sold on these wonderful bathroom exhaust fans. Just wonder if it is
possible to exhaust the much hotter air of the dryer through the same
ducting. The bathroom and dryer (unfortunately in my house the dryer is
located deep inside house because of room extension and not on an outside
wall) is located in the first floor of a two storey house the length of the
required ducting would be about 18 feet to exhaust through the roof. If
exited through the side of the house there is problem of condensate on the
soffit.
Annie 25 Oct 2009, 14:24
I found online...compare and you will see good savings. We are ordering and
getting ready to install in our bath remodel FanTech PB230-2
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