Ventilation on the street most often displayed in the kitchens of apartments located in high-rise buildings. Natural ventilation in most cases is not effective enough, residents suffer from condensation, unpleasant odors.
Ventilation exhaust fan
Ventilation through the wall to the street is mounted from toilets, bathrooms or kitchens and blows out humid air, unpleasant odors. When installing an exhaust fan, it is important to choose the right place. The air flow through the door slots or openings should cover places that are sources of steam and odors. For example, in kitchens it’s a sink and stove.
The vast majority of exhaust fans are designed for installation in a round hole. A hole is made in the wall of the house with a drill with a large ring drill. A clutch must be attached to the fan, which is inserted into the through hole in the wall, made for ventilation to the street. There are fans with a square outlet, for their installation you will have to hollow a hole in the wall of the appropriate shape. Installation of exhaust ventilation through the wall to the street is simple: a hole is made in the wall, around it there are holes for fasteners. A fan is attached to the inside, screwed to the wall. And the last installation step is the installation of the grille on the pipe from the street side i.e. her conclusion. As a rule, before installing the fan, connect the electrical wires.
The fan in the room window
Sometimes the owners do not want to spoil the integrity of the walls and solve the problem of ventilation on the street by installing an exhaust fan in the window. Owners of double-glazed windows, laminated or tempered glass, this option will not work.
Wiring for ventilation
The fan for exhaust ventilation to the street is connected to the electric network by means of fusible fuses.
The wiring should be to the switchboard closest to the fan. For those who doubt their own knowledge of the electrical part, it is better to entrust the connection to a specialist.
If the exhaust ventilation to the street is mounted in the bathroom, the wiring can be connected to the lighting.
Thus, the hood will turn on when the light is turned on. You can equip the fan with an additional timer and it will stop on its own, after a specified time after turning off the light. Some owners prefer to power the fan through a stand-alone switch using a separate wiring pin.
