What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in County Down?
Our guide range in County Down is £220–£550 including VAT. Prices in County Down run at about 12% below the UK guide, based on Northern Ireland labour rates.
Extractor fan
- Wired to regulations
Inline fan
- Quiet fan in the loft void
Continuous extract
- Boost on humidity
Guide prices for County Down including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in County Down?
Supplies across most of County Down are 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. For windowless bathrooms in Bangor homes, continuous extract that boosts on humidity often works better than a fan tied to the light switch.
What the job includes
- Rigid or semi-rigid ducting kept short and straight, and insulated where it crosses a cold loft
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
- 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
- Making good around the fan and checking that it extracts properly at the grille
- A fan chosen to meet the bathroom extract rate: 15 l/s intermittent or 8 l/s continuous
Decisions to make first
Wall or ceiling
A wall fan on an outside wall is the simplest. A ceiling fan over the shower takes steam away at source but needs ducting through the loft.
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.
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.
Timer or humidistat
A timer keeps the fan running after the light goes off. A humidistat starts it whenever moisture rises, which suits rooms where people forget.
Rules that apply in Northern Ireland
A bathroom needs extract ventilation when it is newly formed, and on a refit an existing fan should not be replaced with a less effective one. The fan and its wiring must meet BS 7671 for the zone it sits in, on a circuit with 30 mA RCD protection. In a flat, the lease often requires freeholder consent for a new extract vent, and in a listed building a new opening through an external wall can need listed building consent.
In Northern Ireland, ventilation is covered by Technical Booklet K, and building control is involved where a new bathroom is formed. There is no Part P, but the fan should be wired, tested and certified to BS 7671.