We are installing ceiling extractor fans in the showers and bathrooms.
I assume the ducting will go through the roof void and outside?
Do we need soffit vents or how is the ducting vented into the outside?
Thanks
Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: where to duct the extractor fans 2Aug 02, 2011 10:26 pm “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” http://www.buildinganewhome.com.au Re: where to duct the extractor fans 4Aug 02, 2011 10:51 pm “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end” http://www.buildinganewhome.com.au where to duct the extractor fans 9Aug 03, 2011 8:49 pm From what i can decipher (very loosely) from the the BCA (Building code) it states that mechanical ventilation is required to ventilate a sanitary compartment, laundry or bathroom where there is no natural ventilation (windows, openings etc) present. Where mechanical ventilation is installed or specified, it can however be exhausted into roof cavity where roof tiles (without sarking) are present, open eaves and/or where roof vents are present. On our place, I have a colorbond roof with sarking and closed eaves. Although all my bathrooms/ensuites have windows with natural ventilation and my inclusions stated I was having IXL Tastics with exhaust, they have all been ducted to exterior (eaves), as per BCA. Building NBG Buckingham 320E Eastern Suburbs Melbourne Knockdown & rebuild Build startup 28th October 2010 http://buckingham320e-the4ofus.blogspot.com/ |