How To Install A Bathroom Roof Vent

Climb into the attic and clear away any insulation from around the hole.

How to install a bathroom roof vent.

The top half of vent flange needs to be covered. Be sure to like and subscribe in order to help me bring you more helpful videos filled with tips and tricks i ve learned over the years. Connect the red wire to one switch terminal and the black wire to the other terminal. Next hammer in a nail every few inches to secure the vent to your roofing structure.

From inside the attic drive a nail through the roof directly above the bathroom vent fan. Simply slide the vent under shingles to do so. Over there mount the vent hood using tri polymeric locking seal paste and put the nails to strengthen it. Draw a mark on the bathroom ceiling where you d like to install the vent fan.

Connect power to both switches through two pigtails spliced to the feed wire. Apply a bead of asphalt roof cement on the bottom of the vent. Slide the top and sides of your vent underneath the surrounding shingles and leave the bottom side of the vent exposed and laying over the shingles. The lower half of the flange sits on top of the shingles.

Turn your vent upside down and apply a thick bead of caulk to the flange. Use an extra long 3 8 inch diameter spade bit to bore a reference hole through the ceiling and into the attic. For optimum performance locate it between the shower and the toilet. Center the nail between two rafters.

On the bottom of the vent you need to spread some asphalt roof cement next. From the roof find the nail and use the utility knife to cut roof shingles from around the nail. Slide the vent under the shingles so they cover the top half of the vent flange. Then drill a hole on the roof top.

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