Saturday, April 8, 2023

Buying A Bathroom Exhaust Fan Is Exhausting

 




Our fixer-guy Bob came a couple of weeks ago to look over the areas he will be working on -- the bathroom and kitchen.  When we turned on the light to check out the bathroom, the extra-loud rattling exhaust fan came on.  I had not even thought about replacing it, but Bob said it was a good idea.  He texted me info on one that he had just installed -- but did I really want to spend $180 on an exhuast fan?  

And there was the education on sones (units of sound).  The Hunter model that I ended up purchasing from Amazon for $100 has 2.5 sones.  The one Bob recommended had .5 sones.  The one in current use probably has 10 sones.

And what is cfm?  Suckage power.  Bob's had 150 cfm.  The one I order has 90 cfm.  The current one probably has 70 cfm.  

And then try to find one with a couple lights to actually light the bathroom.  Not with some dinky 60 watt bulb.  

Lastly, what if you really would like it to look nice.....exhausting. You get what you pay for, and I only paid $100.

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