This way we can make sure both are positioned properly.
Installing bathroom fan vent through soffit.
If you need to install a new duct for venting your bathroom exhaust through the soffit then you should verify the duct size used with your bathroom fan.
Next we must slip a worm drive metal clamp on the inside part of duct liner.
Installing a bathroom exhaust fan to the soffit can likely be done within an hour or two if you have all of the tools such as the vent cover a tall ladder the vent hose vent clamp and jig saw.
I am getting a new roof installed and tear off and likely a lot of plywood and am simultaneously getting a new bath vent fan.
I have gotten mixed opinions on whether to vent the new fan through the roof or through the soffit eave.
How to install a bathroom fan vent in the soffit.
Never allow the duct to simply blow into an attic crawlspace or.
A down through soffit exhaust vent design by leaving warm air in the exhaust duct when the fan is off creates a heat trap that reduces heat loss out of the bathroom through the exhaust fan duct when the fan is off in comparison with up routed vents or even horizontal vents through a gable end wall.
Remove the tape from the fan first.
In this particular installation tom ran the exhaust duct into the attic and through a sidewall to the outdoors.
Even though the exhausting bathroom fan may disrupt the intake air flow of soffit venting it is a very small area and isn t going to be a big problem.
Check the damper and the screen in prior to installation.
Other venting options includes running the duct up through the roof or down through the soffit.
Many old bathroom fans still use the small duct sizes of 3.
If your bathroom fan is high powered it may use large duct sizes like 4 or 6.
Note that the bathroom vent fan must always exhaust to the outdoors.