Replaced a ceiling mounted one that made the plasterboard vibrate with an inline fan. The inline fan is up in the attic and ducts through the roof. The new fan extracts 3x as much air and is much quieter.
Still need to make good the ceiling, but that’s tomorrow*’s job.
*Tomorrow in this case may not actually be tomorrow.
Nice. Easy enough to swap? Sometimes it can be a nightmare trying to get the existing hole/ductwork/etc to work but it sounds like yours went easy.
Hope you used a class 1 decibel-o-meter. 15 is a lot.
That is cool
Ya, mine’s a nightmare that I almost addressed a couple years ago, after 8 years of ownership. Got up into the rafters and changed my mind, putting it off for another dreaded future attempt.
Now I’m selling the place, so it’s someone else’s problem.
Reminds me of when I moved into my house. The bathroom ceiling fan in the master ensuite was so noisy and grindy I just hated being in there. I took the fan out and wiped off all the dust. Can’t remember if I greased anything but I probably tried something. Dropped the noise level so much and no more grinding.
If I ever replace it, there are some fans that have Bluetooth speakers built in. I might do that for some shower music.
Easiest ceiling fix is making a square piece of plywood/mdf to cover the area and paint it white. Add a nice edge so it doesn’t look slap-dash.
I personally prefer a louder extraction fans in bathrooms; covers up other noises.
I’m hoping to do this too, but I’m a gamer boi so it’s going to be an RGB Noctua fan.
Listen, it can still be tomorrow’s job any day. I’m any case, dull work friend, well done.
Ugh. Textured ceilings. Created to hide uneven construction and save time.
I had to do this to my one bathroom - it wasn’t great, but it was fine… The prior owners of this house did very questionable “I watched too much HGTV” things.
I’m not looking forward to replacing the other bathroom fan - looking at it from the attic, it looks like they did a mixture of 2x4 and metal braces to keep it in place.
Learn some plumbing and water cool that sucker
When we moved in, the first room we renovated had this same paper, but it had been covered with vinyl paint. We ended up getting it re-boarded and skimmed. Life’s too short to strip off that shit.
Not exactly easy, as I the part of the attic I was working in is not boarded, so lots of twisting to get angles for screwdrivers etc. The existing ducting was long enough that it easily accomodated the new fan. Snips and zip-ties FTW. Took an hour and a half and I managed to strip the head of the last screw I put in to secure the new fan into the bracket holding it onto the rafters. That is also future me’s problem.
The main issue for mine was that it resonated with the ceiling panels, meaning there was a loud vibration that other could be heard in other rooms. The noise from the new fan is just the whooshing of the air, no vibrations at all, and when the door is closed it’s almost inaudible.
I want to leave my old loud ones in because nervous poopers turn the fan on for the noise I’ve noticed over the years of having house guests.
My high tech smartphone sound meter read 65dB yesterday and 50 today. That’s scientific enough for me.
Like all the screaming and crying.
We have a seperate WC, so those more personal noises aren’t an issue, thankfully.
It’s mainly steam removal and condensation reduction that we need. After my shower this morning, it seems like it’s a successful upgrade.
Does it? For those outside the bathroom?
Advice I’ve read is white noise machine just outside the bathroom door. Not sure I’ve ever seen it, but!
(Suppose it’d only potentially matter because of the false sense of discretion)
My bathroom is covered in massive spikes of the stuff, not even pebbles or “texture” like 1-2 spires of plaster spikes.
You have my sympathies. Our hall, stairs and landing have textured plaster on the walls above the dado rail. We used a random orbital sander to take the worst peaks down and then skimmed over. Sanded when dry, re-skimmed, sanded, primed then two coats of paint. A one week job took three. It still looks a bit shit, but it’s way better than it was. We are still finding bits of the dust when we move a bit of furniture.
Are you familiar with the toilet princess?
If the fan isnt loud enough, everyone’s gonna hear me shidding… 😭
and to dampen the acoustics
Only if designed to. Acoustic materials are very specific. Most of this cheap junk applied is just plastered textures barely different than the gypsum wallboard they’re applied to.
No but that’s a good solution too! Ha.
Set up some speakers and a choice selection of tuba music to set the mood and drown out any sounds.
It also reminds me if I have left it on!
Everyone but the OP is worried about this.
There’s only a bath, shower and sink in this room. Any pooping should take place in the WC next door. If that changes, I’ll have more concerns than fan niose.
They can hear me shidding and waffle stomping! 😱
You know, that’s entirely my fault for eating and browsing Lemmy at the same time.
You’ve never done a bath floater before?
I need to do that to my UPS - I built a quiet PC but I can’t tell since the UPS fans are loud even in eco mode (and deafening when it’s using its batteries).
When has tomorrow ever been tomorrow?
I can answer that but I’m kinda busy right now… Tomorrow?
Excellent, good job!
I’ve been wondering what those are like to work on. A previous owner did similar in my kitchen and the fan always rattled. At some point I pulled down a gasket caught in the blades, so clearly they screwed up the installation. I haven’t been up there though, I hesitate to deal with the insulation.
But I want maximal acoustics in my bathroom. The world needs to know.
