Extractor fan hole drilling

[rich322]

Hi all,
I am currently refurbish a bathroom and have hit a snag. Whilst drilling the hike for extractor fan I have come across rebar is it safe to cut a small section of this rebar so the fan fits the hole or am I best filling the hole and moving away from the area hoping that I then clear my rebar.

 

[jurassic sparkk]

Rebar could damage your bit.
Your better off moving away from that area.

 

[rich322]

Thanks. But damage to the bit isn't my concern as I have plenty of clearance to get an angle grinder in there my concern is structural stability.

 

[jurassic sparkk]

Youu don't want to damage the rebar though, its providing all the strengh to the concrete! Is this a beam/lintel, or the wall?

 

[rich322]

Its the wall just above and of to the side of a window opening

 

[^woody^]

You'll be OK for just a 100mm or hole.

Fans are normally best sited 1800 up from the floor (below window head height) and 300 in from a corner.

Edit: added below window head height.

 

[jurassic sparkk]

Better to stay on the safe side and drill your hole somewhere else.

 

[noseall]

(window head height)

It was 2100mm the last time I looked.

 

[^woody^]

It was 2100mm the last time I looked.

I thought you lived in the shires?

I missed the "below" off.