Bathroom exhaust fans
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pierre
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Michael
That is a building code issue. If you are installing a dwelling unit bathroom with no windows, the light and (required) exhaust fan will be required (by the building code) to be on the same switch.
Pierre
Michael
That is a building code issue. If you are installing a dwelling unit bathroom with no windows, the light and (required) exhaust fan will be required (by the building code) to be on the same switch.
Pierre
ryan_618
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Pierre, that might be a NY code. The IRC states that if your bathroom does not have 1.5 square feet of opening you are required to have mechanical exhaust. This can be intermitent (switched)at a rate of 50cfm, or constant at 20cfm. Hope this helps.
Pierre...I must add that for an electrician your knowledge of the building code is quite impressive.
Pierre, that might be a NY code. The IRC states that if your bathroom does not have 1.5 square feet of opening you are required to have mechanical exhaust. This can be intermitent (switched)at a rate of 50cfm, or constant at 20cfm. Hope this helps.
Pierre...I must add that for an electrician your knowledge of the building code is quite impressive.
george t. everett
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Pierre,
I don't believe that in residential baths, that the fan & light are required to be on the same switch.
Pierre,
I don't believe that in residential baths, that the fan & light are required to be on the same switch.
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Pierre, we have the same building code here in MA, a bathroom with no window gets a fan switched with the light.
They must listen to the noise of the fan while doing anything because they are too stupid :roll: to decide for themselves when to run the fan. (Or so the code makers think)
It has been a while since I have done dwellings so this could have changed.
Pierre, we have the same building code here in MA, a bathroom with no window gets a fan switched with the light.
They must listen to the noise of the fan while doing anything because they are too stupid :roll: to decide for themselves when to run the fan. (Or so the code makers think)
It has been a while since I have done dwellings so this could have changed.
pierre
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Ryan
Thank You for the compliment. I am also an instructor in a small training center that I have started. So I am deligent in finding as much info for the 'men' as I can. I am in constant contact with the state building department (they know me quite well these days).
As far as the reference I made it could well be a local code. It is enforced in this and other jurisdictions around here.
As a matter of fact, when I opened my center the bathroom has a single switch for the fan and light. It is a good thing, we can't hear them and they can't hear us.
Pierre
Ryan
Thank You for the compliment. I am also an instructor in a small training center that I have started. So I am deligent in finding as much info for the 'men' as I can. I am in constant contact with the state building department (they know me quite well these days).
As far as the reference I made it could well be a local code. It is enforced in this and other jurisdictions around here.
As a matter of fact, when I opened my center the bathroom has a single switch for the fan and light. It is a good thing, we can't hear them
and they can't hear us.Pierre
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
In my area any bathroom either with a window or without one must have a bath exhust fan installed.There is no provision for them to be switched with a light......
In my area any bathroom either with a window or without one must have a bath exhust fan installed.There is no provision for them to be switched with a light......
sparkmantoo
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Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
our area requires one if the bathroom does not have a window. lights are mandatory. what gets me is these ductless types. nothing like sitting in the recycled stench of humanity... especially after a good night at Taco Bell.
our area requires one if the bathroom does not have a window. lights are mandatory. what gets me is these ductless types. nothing like sitting in the recycled stench of humanity... especially after a good night at Taco Bell.
ryan_618
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- Salt Lake City, Utah
Re: Bathroom exhaust fans
Ductless fan are not permitted. All exhaust fans must duct to the exterior, unless permitted by a local amendment to the code.
Ductless fan are not permitted. All exhaust fans must duct to the exterior, unless permitted by a local amendment to the code.
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