- Postcode districts
- EH30
- Nearby
- Broxburn, Dunfermline and Currie
- Guide price
- £240–£600
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of Edinburgh
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Queensferry?
Guide price in Queensferry: £240–£600 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Labour costs in Scotland put local prices at about 4% below the UK guide figure. 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 Queensferry including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Queensferry
As well as Queensferry itself (EH30), we survey in Broxburn, Dunfermline and Currie.
Queensferry gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. For windowless bathrooms in Queensferry homes, continuous extract that boosts on humidity often works better than a fan tied to the light switch. Fans fitted in Queensferry bathrooms are wired by a qualified electrician, with RCD protection and an isolator outside the room.
Most of Edinburgh is supplied with soft water. 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
- A fan chosen to meet the bathroom extract rate: 15 l/s intermittent or 8 l/s continuous
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
- Making good around the fan and checking that it extracts properly at the grille
- Core-drilling through the wall, or ducting through the loft to a roof or soffit vent
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.
Replacement air
A fan needs air to replace what it removes, so leave a gap of around 10 mm under the door or fit a door grille. A sealed room starves the fan.
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.
