Noisy bathroom fan

[bullethead123]

Thanks. The anti vibration mounts may be the thing. Gonna go with Envirovent I think

 

[JohnD]

I find them excellent. You can get them with a run-on timer which I think is ideal fir a bathroom or WC.

If you have steamy showers, a 100mm fan is not really enough.

 

[opps]

The fan in the gents' in my local pub recently became noisy after a year. I removed the front cover and blades. I then noticed that the two machine screws running from the back to front (captive nuts) had become loose. I tightened them and it was as quiet as when first fitted.

I removed the exhaust grill, peeled back the plastic cover over the screws and tightened them.

It is worthwhile checking before replacing it.

 

[blup]

I found Fantronix from the well known South American rain forest to be quiet reliable and quite a bit cheaper than the vent axia equivalent

 

[rideforever]

Putting a gasket of 2mm foam/rubber between the fan and the plasterboard is very effective, same for all fans/extractors because the boards it is mounted on add a lot of low freq noise.
But this is probably a different type of noise than the one you are talking about.
I remember the Envirovent getting good reviews.

 

[JohnD]

The fan in the gents' in my local pub recently became noisy after a year. I removed the front cover and blades. I then noticed that the two machine screws running from the back to front (captive nuts) had become loose. I tightened them and it was as quiet as when first fitted.

I removed the exhaust grill, peeled back the plastic cover over the screws and tightened them.

It is worthwhile checking before replacing it.

I was recently recommended purple threadlock for screws that you may occasionally need to remove.

I had some screws come loose in a lock I had serviced 20 years ago. I had to wash out residual oil from the holes with brake cleaner. It's possible thick nickel grease would have been better (I use it now on Stainless)

 

[pete01]

The fan in the gents' in my local pub recently became noisy after a year. I removed the front cover and blades. I then noticed that the two machine screws running from the back to front (captive nuts) had become loose. I tightened them and it was as quiet as when first fitted.

I removed the exhaust grill, peeled back the plastic cover over the screws and tightened them.

It is worthwhile checking before replacing it.

All while pizzed up? Fair play

 

[opps]

All while pizzed up? Fair play

The landlord has made me work after 5 pints in the past...

If I need to fix something when there are no punters I do it from 7am on a Wednesday. It is pipe cleaning day. The pipes hold 2 pints so rather than binning it, he will give me two pints of Kronenbourg.