How To Install A Bathroom Vent Through Roof

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How to install a bathroom vent through roof.

To vent a bath fan through the roof you must first prepare a ductwork connecting the roof top to the bathroom. Then drill a hole on the roof top. Choosing a whole house fan. Go into your attic.

From the roof find the nail and use the utility knife to cut roof shingles from around the nail. The penetration will be oval to have a round pipe exit vertically through a pitched roof you need an oval hole in the roof. Position the vent pipe up to the bottom of the roof. The lower half of the flange sits on top of the shingles.

Slide a flat pry bar underneath the. With the pipe in a vertical position trace around the pipe using a pencil. If you have any questions or comments at all please comme. Slide the vent under the shingles so they cover the top half of the vent flange.

Nail the lower corners with roofing nails and tar the heads. So if you like then climb a couple ladders with me an. How to vent a bath fan through the roof 1. From inside the attic drive a nail through the roof directly above the bathroom vent fan.

I really hate cutting holes in roofs but it was this or run 15 feet of vent hose through a gable end. Apply a bead of asphalt roof cement on the bottom of the vent.