Why are bathroom fans in ceiling?

[reqluq]

Yup... to scare the crap out of you req

[DerbyDad03]

re: Mounting the fan in an interior wall presents the problem of running the duct, presumably 3"-6", through the top plate of the wall.

Through the top plate? How wide are your walls that you could run a 3"

- 6" duct *through* the top plate?

[Doug Brown]

re: Mounting the fan in an interior wall presents the problem of running the duct, presumably 3"-6", through the top plate of the wall.

Through the top plate? How wide are your walls that you could run a 3"

- 6" duct *through* the top plate?

I think that kind of implies what the problem is -----

If you try to run the duct up inside the wall and "through" the top plate you effectively destroy the top plate?

[DerbyDad03]

I read the problem to be that it would be *harder* to run the vent through the top plate than to simply run it into the attic through the ceiling, like it would be harder to run a wire through the top plate than to run it through the ceiling.

I don't consider a complete severing of the top plate to be "through it".

I believe "through" implies that there is some material left surrounding the hole.

[FatChance]

The reason the fan is there or required is for moisture not smells. It's called a "fart fan" as a joke. The moisture occurs from shower/bathing and usually rises because of the warmth. The codes usually specify a certain amount of "air changes" per hour for an exhaust fan.

[Stephen King]

How about you install one in your floor and see how that works.

[Glenn]

Is your smell thick enough to sink?

[Stephen King]

"Glenn" wrote in news:4852e128$0$5717$ [e-mail]:

what? is your smell thicker than the sink? heh