Bathroom extractor fan + damp flat

lgjmac

Hi All,

I would really appreciate some help with this.

Is it usual that an extractor fan (newly installed to tackle condensation problems) does not feel like it is sucking the air when you hold your hand close to it? It is clearly turning and seems to make a small difference in the moisture level after a shower but it doesn't feel like it is pulling air in....

Thanks!

Mankysteve

A decent fan should be able to hold a piece of paper up against it's self.

keystone

Did you install it? Did you pay someone else to install it? Did you freeisue it to that person to install it or did he supply and fit?

If you bought it and installed it yourself - go buy a better fan.

If you bought it and free issued it for fitting - go buy a better fan.

If he supplied and fitted it call him back and tell him you want him to fit a better fan at his cost. If the new one is substantially different in price in whih case it might be reasonable for you to pay the difference but not, methinks, for the extra labour.

Cheers

lgjmac

Hi guys,

Thanks so much for your quick comments.

Our landlord installed it.

Is it really the case that a bathroom fan should be able to hold up a piece of paper? That sounds quite powerful!

Does anyone know if they work by sucking moisture ridden air out which gets replaced elsewhere or if they simply remove moisture and then return the same air? I have genuinely no idea how they work...

Thanks guys, please keep helping the condensation in our flat is really significant!

ic

They just cause airflow - moisture filled air is blown out, and fresh air drawn in from under the bathroom door.

keystone

lgjmac wrote: »

Our landlord installed it.

Ah - so it was done as cheaply as possible then.

Find a diplomatic way of telling him that he has fitted an inadequate fan.

Cheers