Installing a bathroom exhaust fan and the proper way to vent it...

The last one In retrospect dumping the salt OUT OF the bags into wheel
barrow ( clean) spreading around the pool with shovel might of been a better
idea, to bad I didn't think of that.

Posted by on November 17, 2005, 12:13 pm

" Through the sidewall or the roof. A poor third would be through the
soffit, which may not be code locally. "

I don't know where venting a bathroom fan out the soffit is a code
violation? Here in NJ most homes are done that way and we are about as
regulated as it gets. I don't see anything wrong with doing a soffit
vent.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on November 17, 2005, 12:22 pm

trader4@optonline.net wrote:

>" Through the sidewall or the roof. A poor third would be through the

> soffit, which may not be code locally. "

> I don't know where venting a bathroom fan out the soffit is a code

> violation? Here in NJ most homes are done that way and we are about

> as regulated as it gets. I don't see anything wrong with doing a

> soffit vent.

What happens is that warm moist air is drawn into the next soffit vent
into the attic space where it can cause damage. Remember that soffit vents
are normally air inlets.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

Posted by on November 17, 2005, 12:53 pm

"What happens is that warm moist air is drawn into the next soffit vent

into the attic space where it can cause damage. Remember that soffit
vents
are normally air inlets. "

I guess that's theoretically possible, but has anyone ever seen it lead
to an actual problem? Bathroom fans are almost always on for a short
time, so any moisture that was introduced should dissipate pretty
quickly. I have a hard time believing that in actual practice, this
is really an issue. It's done on most of the homes here in NJ that
I've seen and hasn't been harmful.

Posted by BP on November 17, 2005, 1:11 pm

> "What happens is that warm moist air is drawn into the next soffit vent

> into the attic space where it can cause damage. Remember that soffit

> vents

> are normally air inlets. "

> I guess that's theoretically possible, but has anyone ever seen it lead

> to an actual problem? Bathroom fans are almost always on for a short

> time, so any moisture that was introduced should dissipate pretty

> quickly. I have a hard time believing that in actual practice, this

> is really an issue. It's done on most of the homes here in NJ that

> I've seen and hasn't been harmful.

Many people in these groups state their personal opinions in absolutes.
Grain of salt.

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