Room Extractor Fans

[Deryck Tintagel]

As part of the planned bathroom refurb I think it is time to swap out the extractor fan. The current fan is ceiling mounted (Greenwood I think), is yellowed and I do not think that it does a good job at getting rid of the steam from the shower.

Are newer ceiling mounted fans any better these days or would an in-line fan be better?

Also, whilst thinking about the bathroom I am considering the fans in the utility room and guest cloaks - both the same Greenwood type. Would the Xpelair Contour or VX100 be a good choice? Run-on timer for the guest cloaks would be a good idea

Any recommendations for suitable replacements?

 

[brig001]

If the ducting runs any distance, I would get one of these:

Airflow iCON 30 Low Profile Extractor Fan - White | Aidelle_Airflow (72687257)

We have 8m of 100mm ducting from our bathroom to the outside wall and it clears the steam really fast
Will need a bigger hole in the ceiling (160mm), but ducting should be OK

Brian

 

[Deryck Tintagel]

If the ducting runs any distance, I would get one of these:

Airflow iCON 30 Low Profile Extractor Fan - White | Aidelle_Airflow (72687257)

We have 8m of 100mm ducting from our bathroom to the outside wall and it clears the steam really fast
Will need a bigger hole in the ceiling (160mm), but ducting should be OK

Brian

That is a little bit different!

The run is aboutr 4m to the soffit vent so not too bad. Other fans are probably just 1 or 2 m

 

[ericmark]

A fan can only work if there is a route for replacement air, and clearly you want dry air, so better if that air comes from outside, so best option is the heat recovery unit that way it does not cool the home as much and the replacement air is from outside where in the main it is cooler so the air is drier.

You can get vents to fit in the door or of course make the door a bad fit, but some where air needs to come into the house to replace the air pumped outside with bathroom extractors, cooker hoods, and tumble dryers, and if you don't then it can draw in fumes from any open flue fire.