Bathroom Exhaust Fan Install - Belmore

We installed a bathroom exhaust fan at Emily's in Belmore.

Emily and her partner had just finished a bathroom renovation, and it looks beautiful. The one thing missing was a fan. The builder and the builder's electrician had both told them it was impossible.

We quoted the job purely from photographs Emily sent us. In those images we could see there had been a vent in the ceiling space before the renovation, and it led out to the outside cavity brick. So a way out already existed, and that told us it could be done.

We pulled the downlights down first, so we could work out where the timbers were sitting in the ceiling. We wanted to know we had clearance before cutting anything.

Once we knew we were clear, we marked up the cut-out for a bathroom exhaust fan. It was a 150mm trade-grade fan, and we made sure the opening was a perfect fit.

We rigged it directly over the shower. That is where it works best, because it catches the steam before it spreads through the room.

Then came the fiddly part, getting the duct outside. Without removing any brick from the outside, we were able to reach in and pull the ducting right through to the open air. That was exactly what we wanted, all that steam going straight outside and not into the roof space.

We hooked it all up and the brick is back in. We then refitted the downlight beside the fan, so the ceiling looks tidy and nothing looks like an afterthought.

A cracked window helps a lot here, because it gives the fan fresh air to pull through the room. With the fan running and the window cracked, the majority of the steam clears. That is what stops mould forming in the shower.

Emily now has a steam-free, well-ventilated, mould-free bathroom, and it was never impossible after all.