Upgrade your old bathroom exhaust fan to a Panasonic whisper fit (with Soffit exit)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 มี.ค. 2024
- If you’ve ever been annoyed by your loud old bathroom exhaust I highly recommend this upgrade. This video will help weather you want to just upgrade the fan or completely add one from scratch.
I can not express how much quieter this fan is than the old fans
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Exhaust fan ($130) a.co/d/iJxr9g8
Soffit Vent ($35): a.co/d/9aw5t5H
Flex Duct 4 inch ($17) a.co/d/fio7bRi - เกม
I'm sorry for the audio. i don't know why it sounds like someone is tapping the microphone constantly
You ARE covering the microphone.
@@Daniel_Zigadlo I assume it’s my phone case. I have a dust proof cover. What’s weird is it doesn’t do it in any of my other videos. I also make sure to never cover the microphone. That’d audio 101 haha
@@T3CHNOskillz Users' videos are always garbage, depends on how they're skilled to create videos.
Thanks for posting this! It’s validating that the instructions take a minute (longer for me!) to figure out regarding affixing the power piece to the bracket first, then inserting the unit. Other videos screw them all in at once. My ceiling has two layers of drywall for some reason, so, need to figure that out tomorrow lol.
Yea I couldn’t figure out how to screw it all in at once when the screws go through the 2 holes on the side. It took a while to figure it out.
The double drywall may just require longer screws though. I don’t know how much room is available for the vent connection and power box though
You never mentioned the size of the whole you need to cut in the ceiling
@@spuzzum100 there is a template that comes with the fan. I forgot to film that part but you can trace the template or the base of the fan whichever is easiest for you
Do not ever put a bathroom fan vent in a soffit vent they should always be out through the roof not through a soffit vent
@@mustangdbest220 this is to prevent roof leaks without proper tools. A soffit vent that points directly down is bad but the connection here points it outward giving the same effect as a roof vent. It’s pushing air out and away from the house not down and back up into the soffit
@@T3CHNOskillz still the bathroom fans should be vented straight out up through the roof
@@mustangdbest220 in optimal circumstances I agree. But if you’ve got a house without any existing roof penetrations your best bet would be this setup unless you have the money to get a roof vent installed. My roof is pitched so steep you’ll need a harness to walk so that would add to cost of installation if you needed to do it. But since the side exit doesn’t create problems with warm moist air returning through the soffit this is a much better solution
@@T3CHNOskillz venting about fan in vented softeners just as bad as venting it straight in the attic all the new houses are around my area I look up and all I see is all the damn bathroom fans fence in the vented soffits and I'm like that's stupid just vented straight up and out the roof it's so simple
@@mustangdbest220 that’s the thing about this vent. You’re not venting into the attic like a down spout. You’ll have no problems with this one. If anything you’d have more likely a chance of a leak with a roof and moisture in your attic compared to this version