What does a bathroom extractor fan cost in Powys?
Our guide range in Powys is £230–£550 including VAT. Prices in Powys run at about 7% below the UK guide, based on Wales labour rates.
Extractor fan
- Ducted to outside
Inline fan
- Grille in the ceiling
Continuous extract
- Low-energy fan running all the time
Guide prices for Powys including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Powys?
Supplies across most of Powys 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. We check the duct route at Newtown surveys, because a short, straight run to outside matters more than the fan's headline figure.
What the job includes
- Core-drilling through the wall, or ducting through the loft to a roof or soffit vent
- Wiring by a qualified electrician, with an isolator outside the room and RCD protection
- Run-on timer, humidistat or light-linked switching set up to suit how the room is used
- Making good around the fan and checking that it extracts properly at the grille
- 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
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.
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.
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.
Rules that apply in Wales
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.
Wales has its own Part F with similar extract rates, and its own Part P, under which new fan wiring in a bathroom is notifiable.