I was asked to give some advice today by a neighbour who wanted to install an Extractor fan in a new ensuite bathroom (which used to be a small office).
The room is going to have a bath but no shower, a toilet and a sink.
There is no void over the ceiling as it is an extension built into the roof and there is no soffit, so putting a fan in the ceiling is out of the question.
There is no window - they have a skylight in the roof.
There is an outside wall but the problem is that, because of the slope of the roof, the height of the outside wall is only 5 foot.
The distance between the edge of the bath and the proposed site of the fan is about 1.5m.
As far as I can tell, putting the fan at such a low level will be within the regs but would it not be defeating the objective having it so low as most of the heat/moisture etc would rise to the ceiling.
The neighbour did mention that she knew a roofer and enquired if it would it be possible for him to put a vent in the roof and join a fan to that in the ceiling.
Or should they invest in a de-humidifier?
The room is going to have a bath but no shower, a toilet and a sink.
There is no void over the ceiling as it is an extension built into the roof and there is no soffit, so putting a fan in the ceiling is out of the question.
There is no window - they have a skylight in the roof.
There is an outside wall but the problem is that, because of the slope of the roof, the height of the outside wall is only 5 foot.
The distance between the edge of the bath and the proposed site of the fan is about 1.5m.
As far as I can tell, putting the fan at such a low level will be within the regs but would it not be defeating the objective having it so low as most of the heat/moisture etc would rise to the ceiling.
The neighbour did mention that she knew a roofer and enquired if it would it be possible for him to put a vent in the roof and join a fan to that in the ceiling.
Or should they invest in a de-humidifier?
