Wall/ Fan Conundrum

[securespark]

Hello
We have a fan in our en-suite in the corner to the right of the window.

In the corner opposite the fan will be a 900 quad tray.
The wall is having Abacus board dot and dabbed inside the tray. There is Plasterboard adjacent into the corner where the fan is.

Trouble is, there is no space to fit the 100mm fan now the dot and dab is encroaching by 29/30mm.

Can't go further from the corner with the fan due to the lintel.

The only solution I see is to remove the plasterboard and have a step in the wall where the Abacus ends just outside the enclosure.

Any ideas, please?

 

[securespark]

Must add that there was no way to get an inline fan in: there is a flat roof above and the joists go the wrong way.

Is there any way to make a 30mm step in a wall (more with tile on it!) pretty?

 

[JohnD]

the hole in the wall looks quite roomy.

Could you put a fan inside the wall, with a grill over the outside concealing the fact that the fan is not centralised?

What are the dimensions of the hole?
example dimensions https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Technical/DataSheets/SolerPalou/TD.htm

There is also (at least) one where the motor and fan are on the outside of the wall, and a duct and grill in the room.

 

[securespark]

Cheers, John.

11cm wide (to the edge of the plasterboard, 13 high and 18 deep (from wall surface to inner edge of outer leaf).

 

[securespark]

Envirovent SILMV100, which is the smallest in-line I know is still too big.

 

[JohnD]

this is an example of an external wall mounted extractor. Monsoon, rather expensive.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Monsoon-...479930&hash=item3634a65d99:g:SZAAAOSwjW5erpAQ

but I think I saw something similar, much cheaper, on ebay when I was refitting a WC. Didn't need it in the end. It might possibly have been a stock clearance.

There is also an expensive one in the Soler & Palau catalogue, for kitchen hood use.

 

[securespark]

Arrrgghh!

Thinking the best thing would be to try and find a stainless trim strip to finish the step in the wall.

Maybe that won't look so bad?

 

[JohnD]

if you just tile it, nobody except you will notice it.

 

[securespark]

You know me so well!!!!

That's what I'll do, then, thanks. At least I've sorted that one, with a little help, of course!