How To Install a Bath Exhaust Fan

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[zachd]

I literally just spent the past 5 hours diving through blown in insulation as if I was living in a winter wonderland of hell replacing mine and re routing the exhaust out of the definitely not as easy as all these videos make it but still worth it. You learn a lot !!

[RamHaHahehe]

All the nice music and talking nicely with a smile make it look as though its a job a kid can do. In reality its is NOT EASY as it sounds.

[ellesnyder]

How about showing the harder method- when you don't have an attic?

[jay]

Installing and replacing are two different things.

[rsmelser]

they make it look so easy in that brand new house with an attic you can damn near stand in...

[ishiktuna]

BEWARE! These instructions are probably not applicable to the majority of retrofits. The video shows 2x6 ceiling joists with very wide spacing (greater than 20 inches by my estimate). If you insert the fan into the ceiling through the opening, you will not be able to insert the metal brackets (that nail into the studs) into the fan housing, as the brackets will not clear the studs. My advice, insert some 2x4 cross bracing and screw fan into that

[cmc]

Great video but mine was not easy. Changed from a round nutone from God only knows what year. Round hole to square hole. The grill doesn't sit snug to the ceiling and I can't undo what I did. Very frustrating.

[CenterTree]

2:13 My attic is also surgically clean like this one. LOL.

[heidis]

The electrical, no problem. Cutting/patching drywall, no problem. But those "mounting springs" located on the cover, which pinch together to attach it to the unit, is literally the hardest part. Lol

[cdfisher]

Much more helpful then Home Depot's

[leckstr]

Couldn't agree more with previous comment. Home Depot's tutorial is absolutely horrible. Plus they even have the audacity to use a completely finished luxurious bathroom as their stage. People don't have bathrooms like that if they are looking to YouTube for their home repair. Thank you Lowe's for the good "How To".

[Matt-hsvy]

Excellent video with one (hopefully) minor error; Not sure why you chose to animate the actually wiring (2:26). Clearly the computer techie that made the wiring animation does not know which way wire nuts screw on and off.... anyone turning them in the same direction shown in the animation may end up with a short/fire as they are clearly being UNscrewed during installation.

Hopefully anyone following this guide will turn them more then the quarter-turn shown and notice them not getting tight and reverse the direction... Righty tighty, lefty loosy :)

[whatfreedom]

So does it have directions on how to wire it up if you don’t already have one? I’m wondering if you can tap into power form the feed side of the light switch.

[myhealthtoo]

But you don't need to go in the attic to install new fan. You should be able to connect hose and wiring before installing in place.

[blackrainft]

Very helpful video. Thank god for these videos.🙏

[lunksmoo]

What about the 20+ inches of blown-in cellulose insulation above the exhaust fan (for those of us that don't live in California, Florida, or Texas)? Won't it fall through the hole when you take your old exhaust fan housing out?

[Star.gazer]

Why would you do the wire connections IN the attic where it’s hot? These connections should be made in the bathroom and then the fan inserted through the hole in the ceiling.

[pstrzel]

Compadres boarded up the crawl space where the fan was screwed in, so I gotta cut my way through to even pull the old one out. Gracias, fellas! Additionally, "No cutting" and "Easy fit" is false advertising for the unit I got, considering that you AT LEAST have to access the crawl space above (if it even exists). I guess I should consider myself lucky that the unit that failed was on top floor. But what when the units on main floor or basement go bad? For that alone the product gets a 1 star.
Compadres also used a 3" pipe, so it took better part of a Saturday.

[zaloA.]

My fan came with 4 wires though.
1 Green
1 black
2 white

[rovd]

No pipe to run outside? So you just have farts collecting in your attic then 😂