Exhaust Fan Soffit Vent Installation

Check the damper and the screen in prior to installation.

Exhaust fan soffit vent installation.

Idea 5 connecting the duct to the bathroom fan. Screw holes through both flanges. Raise the vent up to the soffit photo by merle henkenius next lay the strip vent down on a flat wood surface such as a plywood sheet or long 2 x 4 and drill 1 8 in dia. When passive methods aren t sufficient an electric fan installed at a soffit vent draws additional outside air into the attic to augment the chimney effect.

Remove the tape from the fan first. For optimum performance locate it between. Next we must slip a worm drive metal clamp on the inside part of duct liner. The additional vent assists with circulating the air which helps the fan do its job.

This exhausts a greater volume of hot. In most cases a do it yourself enthusiast can install the vent in. Use an extra long 3 8 inch diameter spade bit to bore a reference hole through the ceiling and into the attic. When the insulation was in place and cured we could trim the exhaust duct down extension to its proper length to permit first installation of the soffit covering solid plywood in this case as the roof is an un vented hot roof design and then the installation of the exhaust vent terminating cover.

Installing a soffit vent is not difficult. Drill a reference hole draw a mark on the bathroom ceiling where you d like to install the vent fan. This item panasonic ezsv14 vent ez ventilation pre soffit installation panasonic fv 0511vq1 whisperceiling dc ventilation fan speed selector smartflow technology quiet white broan nutone ae110 invent energy star qualified single speed ventilation fan 110 cfm 1 0 sones white.