- Postcode districts
- BL5, M29, M46
- Nearby
- Tyldesley, Westhoughton and Leigh
- Guide price
- £235–£550
- Typical time on site
- half a day
- Water
- Soft across most of Greater Manchester
- Survey
- Free, at your home
What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Atherton?
Guide price in Atherton: £235–£550 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. Prices in North West England run at about 6% below the national guide, mainly because of labour rates. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Wired to regulations
Inline fan
- Quiet fan in the loft void
Continuous extract
- Boost on humidity
Guide prices for Atherton including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Atherton
In Atherton we cover BL5, M29 and M46; we also cover Tyldesley, 1.3 miles away, and Westhoughton.
Atherton gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. Fans fitted in Atherton bathrooms are wired by a qualified electrician, with RCD protection and an isolator outside the room. We check the duct route at Atherton surveys, because a short, straight run to outside matters more than the fan's headline figure.
Supplies across most of Greater Manchester 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.
What the job includes
- 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
- Rigid or semi-rigid ducting kept short and straight, and insulated where it crosses a cold loft
- A check of the room, any existing fan or vent, and the shortest route to the outside
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.
Rules that apply in England
In England, Approved Document F sets bathroom extract at 15 l/s for an intermittent fan or 8 l/s for continuous extract. Wiring a new fan alters a circuit in a room with a bath or shower, so it is notifiable under Part P.
