How to install a bathroom fan vent in the soffit.
Exhaust fan soffit vent installation.
Space the holes 12 to 14 in.
Measure the vent fan.
This exhausts a greater volume of hot.
The additional vent assists with circulating the air which helps the fan do its job.
For optimum performance locate it between.
Drill a reference hole draw a mark on the bathroom ceiling where you d like to install the vent fan.
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.
Remove the tape from the fan first.
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Idea 5 connecting the duct to the bathroom fan.
Installing a soffit vent is not difficult.
Check the damper and the screen in prior to installation.
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.
In most cases a do it yourself enthusiast can install the vent in.
Next we must slip a worm drive metal clamp on the inside part of duct liner.