Xpelair mounted on board

[Alison556]

I'm doing up mother's bathroom just now. The xpelair is mounted on a plywood board - is there any regulatory reason for this? Just wondered if I could ditch the board as it would look a lot tidier without it.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

A picture would be a great help.
But I cannot see why an ex-fan mounted on or within plywood, providing installed correctly! Would not conform to the regs/requirements.

 

[JohnD]

It is often done when an old airbrick is used as the vent, to make it fit.

Show us a pic.

 

[Alison556]

Not sure if this pic will be clear enough - I wasn't taking a pic of the fan

 

[Alison556]

No idea where the pic went. Second time lucky

 

[JohnD]

I will be entirely unsurprised to find an airbrick behind it. Go and have a look at the outside of that wall. You could block it up and tile over it if you want.

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Yes it looks like the installer is a lazy so and so!

 

[chivers67]

Bet that Fan makes a bit of a racket on plywood too!

 

[Alison556]

I had a nosey - there's a louvre vent outside and a large round hole. It was the council that installed it. They've never heard of rawl plugs that's for sure - just use 3 inch screws to attach the ply to the wall and 2 inch screws to attach the fan to the ply - oh and don't bother screwing them - just hammer them so that they bend and are a sod to come out.

For some reason, they install everything on plywood - including the boiler.

 

[handyjack]

Might be that ply is hiding something.

 

[Alison556]

Might be that ply is hiding something.

I hauled that off too - nothing behind it apart from the wall and some rather dodgy wallpaper

 

[ban-all-sheds]

You could block it up and tile over it if you want.

Surely having an extractor fan is a Good Idea?

 

[JohnD]

I meant the gap round the fan. Instead of the ply.

Vent the fan through a duct through the walled-up airbrick.

Which seemingly doesn't exist.

 

[Alison556]

I know what you meant JohnD.

The council just seem to have a plywood fetish hahahahahaha

 

[OwainDIYer]

I had a nosey - there's a louvre vent outside and a large round hole.

Possibly an older larger fan was replaced by one with a smaller spigot?