new half bath on first floor above basement ,interior wall next to chimney. Toilet and small sink. Only time the fan would be used is to remove noxious smell from doing #2. Air vent would be 5 inches from chimney. Old oil furnace port capped on chimney 30 years ago in basement 5 feet under new half bath. Can I vent into chimney.
vent fan for new half bath construction.
Apr 28, 2018
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yes
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ventilation ducts must be smooth .....
And have provision for condensation drain if required
Owain
very true... very true .....
The snag is that in many years time somebody may reconnect a boiler to the chimney, and somebody taking a bath will get poisoned. That's not likely in the foreseeable future, but after the house has changed hands a couple of times ....
2 thoughts:
1) Any boiler installer would line the chimney as standard;
2) The *real* purpose of a bathroom fan is to keep humidity and damp under control which means it will be dumping a lot of warm most air into a cold chimney which will condense before it gets anywhere.I would advise against it unless the OP sticks ducting in the chimney with a properly drained condensate trap at the lowest point.
Half bath?? I've never understood this term.
Mike
Yes; wouldn't all the water run out?
half bath
noun
NORTH AMERICAN a room in a private home that contains a toilet and washbasin but no bath or shower.
"if it's just a half bath for guests, a nice sink, a sturdy toilet, and a decorative towel rack will do"
Common in the US for a small room with a toilet and sink. Also called a 'powder room'.
I thought the Yanks called it the (equally daft) "Restroom". What's wrong with calling a toilet a toilet?
Mike
Because it's a different language & culture.
I think it's leftpondian for a bog and a basin ... e.g. such as we'd use in a downstairs loo
'Restroom' is more often used for toilets in restaurants, schools, and similar locations. In a home it's typically referred to as a 'bathroom', whether or not it contains a bath (or shower). I've even heard the toilet facilities on planes referred to as bathrooms... Emptying one's bowels is often called 'going to the bathroom'.
No, its called going to the bog, or sitting on the doughnut in granny's greenhouse.
Muddymike was asking about _US_ usage.
Often, in the UK, called a cloakroom - even if there's no room for 'cloaks'.
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