What bathroon extractor? In-line at 45 degrees possible?

[damurphster]

My Bathroom fan has finally died, it has always been rubbish and I wanted to replace it with the best (sensibly priced) extractor I could.

Old one was roof mounted external one, feeding plastic 4 inch pipe.

After reading on here that if possible an in-line one is better I went to screwfix and got the £30 manrose kit they were offering.

Going up into my attic I have found that the only place I could put the extractor is about 50cm from the bathroom on a bit of pipe that goes at 45 degrees.

Is this daft? Am I asking for trouble mounting it at 45 degrees - was thinking that the bearings might not last long!

The room is small (2.5m by 2m) and we usually leave the door open when we shower but I hate a steamy mirror!

If I was to get an in-line could I just wedge it into the pipe or would I need to mount it on something?

 

[damurphster]

Hmmm......having looked into this further I think it may be easier to just get as decent a ceiling mounted ones as I can.

Do people agree? If so any recommendations?

I have found this one...

http://www.gil-lec.co.uk/products/A...nt+Axia/Inline+Mixed+Flow+Fan+100mm/554848783

Vent axia ACM100T - mega powerful but its 40db at 3m which makes me think at about 50 cm it might be too noisy - am i right?

 

[Taylortwocities]

It will be a lot of messing around to put an in-line fan in the loft. Easier to use a ceiling fan.
Make sure that it is a ceiling fan. The bearings tend to fail on fans designed for wall mounting if they are mounted on the ceiling.

 

[damurphster]

It will be a lot of messing around to put an in-line fan in the loft. Easier to use a ceiling fan.
Make sure that it is a ceiling fan. The bearings tend to fail on fans designed for wall mounting if they are mounted on the ceiling.

I'm assuming that I will need a 240v fan? The fan as away from the shower but above the bath.

 

[NoPoke]

was there any condensate in the fan when you removed it? I can't see a condensate trap in the picture of the pipework you posted.

 

[damurphster]

was there any condensate in the fan when you removed it? I can't see a condensate trap in the picture of the pipework you posted.

Hmmm...I'm not sure what I'm looking for?!

Are they build into extractors?

Found this....

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/BGCT.html

Certainly nothing like that in my attic - would one help?

If I were to drill a hole on my pipe in the attic and fit one where could I drain the water to?

 

[NoPoke]

yes that is a condensate trap. you can fit it at a 45 degree angle with the exit pipe at the lowest point. (I'm always amazed that builders think water flows uphill) Your pictures show two small bore pipes. What do these currently carry?

Was the fan you removed showing signs that it had condensate flowing down the pipe into the fan? If the fan was dry or just a little damp then you are very fortunate not to have a problem with condensation and can likely ignore the condensate trap.

 

[sparkybird]

An inline fan will be more effective than a ceiling one and as long as you can fix it at 45 degree angle will be fine (assuming condensation issues sorted)

 

[Lectrician]

Assuming the ACM100T is placd in the closed loft void, you will find it fairly quiet. You will certainly hear air moving, but the motor will be quiet-ish. Th dB figure given is if you where in th loft with it.

 

[brainwasher]

I looked at the ACM100T fan and then found a Vortice Lineo 100 fan which had the same extract volume and was much cheaper (about £30). I got it from here http://www.allaboutelectrics.co.uk/doc/12/vid/2078/LINEO_4__DUCT_FAN_TIMER_255M__HR.html

 

[Lectrician]

But you can't beat Vent Axia for quality and backup

 

[brainwasher]

I would put this fan against the vent-axia anyday