Not sure if this should be in plumbing or building, but here goes ...
I'm renovating my bathroom and want to fit an over shower extractor fan. The ones I have been looking at show the extractor pipe exiting the roofspace via the soffit board. Heres where my problem lies. My soffits are made from asbestos. The building surveyor advised me that this is ok as long as they are not cut or drilled etc, so I'm not too keen on cutting a four inch hole in the soffit.
My questions are:-
1. Is there any safe way of cutting a hole in the asbestos (probably not?)
2. Can I feed the pipe out via the roof i.e are there any roof tiles designed to accommodate the pipe outlet?
3. My other option would be to exit via the gable wall. This would involve extending the 3 metre pipe supplied with the fan to about 6 metres. Would this be ok?
4. Apart from the electrical work, are there any other building regs I need to be aware of?
Any help/advice much appreciated
I'm renovating my bathroom and want to fit an over shower extractor fan. The ones I have been looking at show the extractor pipe exiting the roofspace via the soffit board. Heres where my problem lies. My soffits are made from asbestos. The building surveyor advised me that this is ok as long as they are not cut or drilled etc, so I'm not too keen on cutting a four inch hole in the soffit.
My questions are:-
1. Is there any safe way of cutting a hole in the asbestos (probably not?)
2. Can I feed the pipe out via the roof i.e are there any roof tiles designed to accommodate the pipe outlet?
3. My other option would be to exit via the gable wall. This would involve extending the 3 metre pipe supplied with the fan to about 6 metres. Would this be ok?
4. Apart from the electrical work, are there any other building regs I need to be aware of?
Any help/advice much appreciated