I want to fit a fan in our bathroom. The easiest way to do this seems to be to drill down from the loft and put it in directly above the shower. I'm then considering running the vent (flex pipe) through the loft and tape it to the vents (already in the eaves).
Can anyone say whether this is acceptable, or is it likely to create damp in the eaves?
You should use a separate outlet for the pipe as the existing vents won't be able to cope with the volume of air and you'll probably end up with steam in the loft.
Did you buy a kit or separate components?
If you've got a kit then there should be an outlet grille in that, if not you should be able to get one at the same place you bought the fan and flex pipe.
Through the soffit/eaves is not desirable: Too much moisture can reenter the home and end up in the insulation or attic.
Either through the wall to a wall cap with damper or through the roof with insulated rigid duct to a roof cap. Flex duct is a robber of CFMs (cubic feet per minute, a measure of flow). Try to use a little as necessary and do the main runs in smooth, rigid duct. Save the insulation from your flex duct and put it over the rigid.
When you say "venting through the eaves", do you mean 1) exhausting throgh a vent in the roof, or 2) exhausting through the soffit (the flat underside of the roof) ?
I like the idea of venting through the soffit, so that no rain can enter the roof if I do a less than perfect job of sealing the vent. But I do not know if this is acceptable.
