extractor bathroom

Extractor fan in bathroom. Old one went off with the light, as expected. new one has a timer. Red, black and yellow(?) input cable (earth cut short). Original guess was that the yellow was switched live? With light switched off, no power to any of the wires? Which left me confused. Vent Axia...

Hi all, Vent Axia Solo Plus HT (Model 427479) power but not working I have a Vent Axia ceiling mounted extractor fan in an internal bathroom which has not been operating for the past few months. The unit is connected to the light switch and seems to be connected to the power as a blue LED...

I have just had a bathroom installed, and a Ventaxia extractor fan put in. It has a plastic gravity grille on the outside, and a flat cover on the front. I noticed that it is not doing much to clear steam, and checked the outside grille while the fan is on. It doesn't move. I'm guessing it's...

Hello, I previously thought I had a problem with leaking ventilation ducting from an extractor fan vent in the loft caused by steam from the shower fan and/or a leak in the roof. This originally started as a nail had pierced the flexible ducting used to connect the 2 pipes in the loft and...

Hi - I'm installing the ducting for a holiday let with extractors in the two en-suite shower/wet rooms, a kitchen and a shower attached to a sauna. I've sized them all and am looking at in line duct fans for the two shower/wet rooms of about 240m3/hr and about 25dBa at 3m. This is over spec...

Hi all, this property was refurbished recently for a family member and the contractor did not finish job due to issues that had arisen. This extractor fan that can be seen in photos, has been left disconnected and has a 6 core wire coming out of extractor fan. I have looked at a few electrical...

hi all, So, I’m looking to do a bathroom refurb, new bath sink etc. Already in there is a 700 x 700 shower with a door frame, one side is the main bathroom wall and the other is a tiled stud wall. My plan is to take the stud wall and shower tray out, and the door & frame. The current bath is...

I have recently moved into a five year old, three story town house. When I was up in the loft I noticed that the soil pipe vent pipe for two of the bathrooms had become detached. I also noticed that the vent pipe for the two shower rooms that was located close to the eaves was disconnected. I...

Hi, this may sound simple but I aleays want to be extra safe with electrics. I want to disconnect my extractor fan from the power supply. The cable runs into the light switch and only had the red cable wired up. I've disconnected the red cable and the fan now doesn't start up - is this OK or am...

Hello all, I'm updating a bathroom in a hundred year old end-terrace. I'm adding a shower (the type with a mixer valve off the combi) as it didn't have a shower before and I want to add an inline extractor fan working off the light switch on an overrun timer. I intend to put the extractor fan...

Hello all, I have a Silavent May 202 fan in my bathroom. It was there when I bought the house 3 years ago. The house was built in 1985. Not sure how long its been in there. Its stopped working when you switch the light on. I know that Silavent have discontinued this model and I cant find a...

Hello all, new to the forum and looking for advice on installation of new bathroom extractor fan if anyone can help. I have replaced a very old manrose extractor fan with a new manrose 100mm mixed flow in line duct fan located in the loft. Problem is in the wiring connections, the old fan had...

Hello - I have this 4" Extractor Fan with a Timer and Humidistat circuit board in it - there are 2 adjuster screws (pots) and one is for timer, one controls humidistat. For using timer you need 3 wires, 1 neutral, and 2 Lives (1 switched live, 1 permanant live) - the wires I have coming into the...

Prepping the current house for renting out so putting an extract fan in the bathroom (it gets steamy in there). Plenty of headroom (ceiling is at 2800) so planning to core through the wall to outside. Physics tells me the best place to put the fan would be at the tap end above the bath (where...

we have recently moved into a 15 yr old house. The downstairs cloakroom has a silavent extractor fan which has not worked since we moved in. There is a blanking plate next to the light switch outside the cloak room. I removed this to find 2 sets of red, yellow, blue and earth isolated on 2...