Hi all,
I've purchased a new build, (2 bed semi, timber framed). The builders are on finishing over the next couple of weeks.
The bathroom is internal upstairs, no windows. The electrician has fitted an extractor fan in the ceiling, but today I went up in the attic and pulled back the fibreglass to see the fan is just poking through the plasterboard and concealed by the insulation. No ducting to outside. I'm sure this is bad practice.
I just want to know the exact facts and regs before confronting the site manager.
1. Must the fan be ducted to outside?
2. Downstairs toilet has an openable window. The electrician has provided a fan isolator above the door and has terminated the cable within a surface box and blank on the wall, but no fan is installed. Leaving the window open would be a security risk. Is a fan required under the building regs?
3. The kitchen has an openable window. Cooker hood is being installed to recirculate. Do kitchens need extraction?
Please, I know many people will want to contribute but I respectfully ask that trades people only reply as I am looking for the definitive answers.
Thanks in advance.
I've purchased a new build, (2 bed semi, timber framed). The builders are on finishing over the next couple of weeks.
The bathroom is internal upstairs, no windows. The electrician has fitted an extractor fan in the ceiling, but today I went up in the attic and pulled back the fibreglass to see the fan is just poking through the plasterboard and concealed by the insulation. No ducting to outside. I'm sure this is bad practice.
I just want to know the exact facts and regs before confronting the site manager.
1. Must the fan be ducted to outside?
2. Downstairs toilet has an openable window. The electrician has provided a fan isolator above the door and has terminated the cable within a surface box and blank on the wall, but no fan is installed. Leaving the window open would be a security risk. Is a fan required under the building regs?
3. The kitchen has an openable window. Cooker hood is being installed to recirculate. Do kitchens need extraction?
Please, I know many people will want to contribute but I respectfully ask that trades people only reply as I am looking for the definitive answers.
Thanks in advance.