No you cannot vent the bathroom exhaust fan into the soffit vents.
How do i vent out attic from bathroom fan through.
Slide a flat pry bar underneath the shingles around the nail to break the weather seal.
Venting through a roof vent or exhausting them in the attic could cause moisture problems and rot.
Center the nail between two rafters.
But while you can t have two fans with one vent you can make one fan and one vent serve two bathrooms.
The 2nd bathroom vent drips on the floor and is ruining the ceiling.
The best exhaust fan venting is through smooth rigid ducts with taped joints and screwed to a special vent hood.
Either way the vent will have to go directly to the outside and installed with a vent hood cover.
How do i properly vent a bathroom fan into an attic.
The correct way to vent a bathroom fan through an attic is to terminate the vent either to the roof or to the gable wall.
Depending on the location of the bathroom it may be easy to vent the exhaust fan through the roof.
Vent your bath and kitchen exhaust fans through the roof through a special roof hood.
From outside use 4 inch hole saw to cut hole for wall cap.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to vent a bathroom fan.
This will serve as a reference point for positioning the wall cap.
Do let your fan run long enough.
The master bathroom and the 2nd bathroom vent through the roof and through the same opening.
The best way to do it is to give the bathroom exhaust fan its own direct vent to the outside of your home and not into the attic where it can mix with the air causing the issues mentioned above.
It eliminates the need for routing ductwork through the house and these fans usually dry the bathroom more quickly.
From the roof find the nail and use the utility knife to cut roof shingles from around the nail.
Drive nail through house wall from attic.
The 2 pipes one a 4 master and the other a 3 2nd do not go through the ceiling but into a common box that goes through the roof.
Can you vent a bathroom exhaust fan into the soffit vents.
From inside the attic drive a nail through the roof directly above the bathroom vent fan.
A grille in each bathroom attaches to ducts which then fasten to a y connector at the fan.