extractor fan

Hi I am trying to get my head around my bathroom wiring as there are a few different ways of configuring it, and I want to make sure it is right and future proof before putting the ceiling back up. I would love some input from someone with a lot of bathroom experience. Extractor: My...

Hi, Looking for some advice. Having an issue with bathroom extractor fan in a 2 year old house. After noticing some staining on the roof around the fan we had a look in the loft and found the ducting full of water. The duct lies horizontally for about 2 metres then vertically for about 2.5...

Hi there, My bathroom extractor is very drafty.... so much so that during the winter I ended up not using it and taping over cardboard to stop the cold air getting in. The reason for this, I believe, is that there is nothing behind the extractor, it's just mounted into a hole in the wall...

Hello I just spent hours to try and figure this out. Replacing the old fan which dues not have an integrated timer and looked like the first picture . The timer actually sits in the hallway and looks like the second picture. I tried to install the new extractor which has an integrated...

Hey mods.... Can you amalgamate the two posts by Jayes, please?

hi all, So, I’m looking to do a bathroom refurb, new bath sink etc. Already in there is a 700 x 700 shower with a door frame, one side is the main bathroom wall and the other is a tiled stud wall. My plan is to take the stud wall and shower tray out, and the door & frame. The current bath is...

Hi, Just had my bathroom fitted out this week and we had an Airflow Icon 30S (12v IPX4) fitted above the shower head. However, the electrician is pulling his hair out as despite checking the wiring on several occasions, and there been a green light on the transformer of the icon unit when you...

Hi, I hope to install 10cm diameter round vents into the casing above our patio doors in the kitchen. My monitor tells me the space behind the plastic fascia is empty. Can anyone forsee a problem with this e.g. breaking weatherproof seals? I'm wondering about installing the vents external in...

Hi, I realise there was a similar question earlier this week but my problem is slightly different. I'm not an expert/electrician so go easy on me if I say something stupid! I have an Xpelair C6HTS humidistat+timer fan which replaced a simple on/off pull switch operated fan (not connected to...

Hi Guys, I have just found out that I have polystyrene wedges in the vent that leads outside from the cooker extractor fan. Is this normal? Can I remove it to hopefully increase airflow? i have attached an image. I am baffled why it was put there in the first place

Hi, Just bought a Vents 100 MTHK Extractor Fan with Humidistat and Timer. I want this to be controlled just by humidity levels. I want to know if it can be wired to a normal plug, and how. It's not for a bathroom situation, so it's not near any water. It's only for a utility room that gets...

Hey everyone, we have a combi boiler which heats our radiators. Lovely. The only thing is we have big vents around the house which are just gaps in the brick, with an air brick on the outside and a sheet of metal on the inside. You can really feel how much colder it is where the vents are. So...

Hello - I have this 4" Extractor Fan with a Timer and Humidistat circuit board in it - there are 2 adjuster screws (pots) and one is for timer, one controls humidistat. For using timer you need 3 wires, 1 neutral, and 2 Lives (1 switched live, 1 permanant live) - the wires I have coming into the...

I'm looking for advice. I have an old 1930's kitchen, single brick outer wall two sides. It gets cold in the winter and when cooking I get condensation. I'm starting to get a damp smell in the room. I do have an under cabinet fan heater in the room to take the chill off, and I only have a...

Electrician is fitting an extractor fan to bathroom ceiling but as he doesn't know much about the actual exit hole for the extractor so I have asked a brickie to drill the hole at the gable end of the house, its a cavity wall so the hole will be quite deep The electrician will install the...

One of family members lives in a council flat, and in the bathroom there is a extractor fan what is always on, what has a pull cord to toggle between the low speed trickle and high speed modes. Now there is a unswitched fused spur in the corner of the bathroom wall labelled fan, what I assume...

My Manrose XF100LV extractor (was in flat when we bought 4 yrs ago), started to rattle and became quite noisy. Today it died. I bought an identical replacement. Husband fixed it up and wired as before (instructions enclosed seem to apply to several models, none look same as ours). All looks...

Hello there, The ceiling mounted extractor fan in the bathroom does not turn on anymore and I am looking for a possible replacement. The fan is 'glued' to the ceiling as per the pictures below and it seems that any removable parts are on the side of the ceiling which i cannot access without...

I currently have a an in line duct fan controlled by a humidistat in my bathroom and it works well, extracting the air when I have a shower. Unfortunately the humidistat cannot tell when there is an unpleasant odour in there and I have been looking for another way to switch the fan on for 5...

Hi all, Our extractor fan in the en-suite stopped working and upon investigation i found that it isnt being vented to the outside. What had caused it to stop working is that the fan has literally been screwed on to the ceiling and that's it, insulation has then been put over it. As soon as i...