- Postcode districts
- M35, M40, M43
- Nearby
- Droylsden, Chadderton and Ashton-under-Lyne
- 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 Failsworth?
Guide price in Failsworth: £235–£550 including VAT, depending on the room and what you choose. We adjust the national guide for North West England, where prices are typically about 6% below the UK average. The figure depends on the size of the room, whether anything moves, and the products you pick.
Extractor fan
- Fan with timer or humidistat
Inline fan
- Ducting to a roof or soffit vent
Continuous extract
- Good for windowless rooms
Guide prices for Failsworth including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Working in Failsworth
In Failsworth we cover M35, M40 and M43; we also cover Droylsden, 1.9 miles away, and Chadderton.
Failsworth gets the same process as anywhere else: a free survey at your home and a written, itemised quote. If your Failsworth home is listed or in a period terrace, a fan ducted through the loft to a roof vent can avoid a new hole in the front wall, though consent may still apply. Fans fitted in Failsworth bathrooms are wired by a qualified electrician, with RCD protection and an isolator outside the room.
Most of Greater Manchester 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
- Run-on timer, humidistat or light-linked switching set up to suit how the room is used
- 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
- A backdraught shutter and external grille, so cold air does not blow back in
Decisions to make first
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.
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 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.
