- Postcode districts
- PA34
- Nearby
- Dunoon and Helensburgh
- Guide price
- £240–£600
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of Argyll and Bute
- Survey
- Free, dates by arrangement
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Oban?
For Oban, our guide range for a bathroom extractor fan is £240 to £600 including VAT. Prices in Scotland run at about 4% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. Travel and delivery to islands and remote areas are priced on your quote. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Ducted to outside
Inline fan
- Grille in the ceiling
Continuous extract
- Low-energy fan running all the time
Guide prices for Oban including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Oban
We cover all of Oban, including PA34, and nearby Dunoon and Helensburgh. Because Oban is further afield, we arrange survey visits in batches; tell us your timescale and we will confirm a date before you commit to anything.
Oban gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. In Oban flats, a new vent through an outside wall may need agreement from the other owners or the factor, so we raise it at the survey. We check the duct route at Oban surveys, because a short, straight run to outside matters more than the fan's headline figure.
Water across much of Argyll and Bute is soft. Even so, condensation is the bigger problem in any bathroom, and a properly sized extractor is what deals with it. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier.
What the job includes
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
- A check of the room, any existing fan or vent, and the shortest route to the outside
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
- A fan chosen to meet the bathroom extract rate: 15 l/s intermittent or 8 l/s continuous
Decisions to make first
Axial, centrifugal or inline
Axial fans suit short, straight runs; centrifugal fans cope better with longer ducts; inline fans sit in the loft and are the quietest in the room.
Intermittent or continuous
An intermittent fan runs during and after use. A continuous fan runs quietly all the time at a low rate and boosts when humidity rises.
Rules that apply in Scotland
In Scotland, the Technical Handbook also uses 15 l/s extract for a bathroom. A replacement fan rarely needs a building warrant, but forming a new bathroom may.
