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Replacing squirrel cage fan Eigenvector 10-16-2006
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Posted by Eigenvector on October 16, 2006, 8:52 pm


I have an old 1959 bathroom fan that doesn't work anymore. In fact it
didn't work since before I owned the house. I'd like to replace it, but I
notice that the hole for it is circular and the fan vents into the attic so
far as I can tell.

So if I slice this puppy out, am I looking at enlarging the hole and making
it square, as well as installing vent to the outside world? Or are there
fans out there that will fit the hole? It's a 10" hole right now.




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Posted by Al Bundy on October 16, 2006, 11:10 pm



> I have an old 1959 bathroom fan that doesn't work anymore. In fact it
> didn't work since before I owned the house. I'd like to replace it,
> but I notice that the hole for it is circular and the fan vents into
> the attic so far as I can tell.
>
> So if I slice this puppy out, am I looking at enlarging the hole and
> making it square, as well as installing vent to the outside world? Or
> are there fans out there that will fit the hole? It's a 10" hole
> right now.
>
>
>


Is it drywall? Is it textured?

Posted by Eigenvector on October 16, 2006, 11:15 pm



>
>> I have an old 1959 bathroom fan that doesn't work anymore. In fact it
>> didn't work since before I owned the house. I'd like to replace it,
>> but I notice that the hole for it is circular and the fan vents into
>> the attic so far as I can tell.
>>
>> So if I slice this puppy out, am I looking at enlarging the hole and
>> making it square, as well as installing vent to the outside world? Or
>> are there fans out there that will fit the hole? It's a 10" hole
>> right now.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Is it drywall? Is it textured?

Just painted drywall.



Posted by Al Bundy on October 17, 2006, 12:17 am



>
>>
>>> I have an old 1959 bathroom fan that doesn't work anymore. In fact
>>> it didn't work since before I owned the house. I'd like to replace
>>> it, but I notice that the hole for it is circular and the fan vents
>>> into the attic so far as I can tell.
>>>
>>> So if I slice this puppy out, am I looking at enlarging the hole and
>>> making it square, as well as installing vent to the outside world?
>>> Or are there fans out there that will fit the hole? It's a 10" hole
>>> right now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Is it drywall? Is it textured?
>
> Just painted drywall.
>
>

Well at least you can patch & paint the ceiling at worst.

I put in a small bath fan and the square housing hole was like 7 x/x"
square. Maybe for the larger (more cfm) ones it's larger. Maybe just a
more powerful motor.

There's: "Download Ventilation Fan Catalog (.pdf)" from NuTone at
        http://www.nutone.com/product-category.asp?CategoryID=200159

Probably has the hole spec for them. Just a guess though.

Posted by Joseph Meehan on October 17, 2006, 9:40 am


Eigenvector wrote:
> I have an old 1959 bathroom fan that doesn't work anymore. In fact it
> didn't work since before I owned the house. I'd like to replace it,
> but I notice that the hole for it is circular and the fan vents into
> the attic so far as I can tell.
>
> So if I slice this puppy out, am I looking at enlarging the hole and
> making it square, as well as installing vent to the outside world? Or are
> there fans out there that will fit the hole? It's a 10" hole
> right now.

I would plan on the larger hole and larger vent piping. Small vents =
loud vents. Look around for a nice quiet vent fan and go from there. They
will tend to cost more, but they will be a lot easier to live with and
usually last longer.

BTW good catch on the venting to the attic. That is a good way of
causing some expensive damage if you don't vent it to the outside.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit



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