Bathroom Fan Vent On Wrong Side

I am not much of a DIY'er in home improvement, but thought a simple bathroom ceiling fan replacement should be easy enough. I've got the old fan out only to find that the duct connector location on the new fan is on the opposite side. I've done a Google image search on fans and it looks like the duct location is pretty standard.

11 I'm finishing a new basement bathroom and just tried the exhaust fan, and it appears to be blowing the wrong way. I can feel air blowing downwards, and the horizontal backdraft fins on the outside exhaust vent (it's just above ground level, on the house wall) are fully closed. This is a brand new NuTone fan and it came with the metal box.

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It might be possible that the fan left the factory with a motor turning the wrong way. Much more likely is if the fan can't move air out the exhaust, it blows it back out the grill. Hi All, the bathroom fan Nutone 8663RP is blowing air into the bathroom of our new home, instead of sucking the humidity out through the vent.

Anyone know how to reverse the direction of the fan? The blockage redirected air back down into the bathroom giving the impression that the fan was either installed incorrectly or was otherwise spinning in the wrong direction. Very noisy too. I cleaned it all out as best I could, put it back together and it vents to the outside good, nice and quiet.

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An improperly vented bathroom fan can cause a multitude of problems for homeowners. I have seen bathroom ducts where the airflow was completely stopped due to a bird's nest at the exterior cover. Sometimes the duct has a sag that collects water and makes the bath fan useless.

And if you install the wrong duct size, the advertised CFM or airflow capacity of the bath fan can be reduced by half. I have a bath exhaust fan that was never connected. The fan duct connector is on the wrong side.

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See the two yellow lines, one aligns with the fan duct and the other aligns with the vent pipe duct. There's no room to work or even move the vent pipe duct an inch in any direction. The fan draws air from the bathroom and pushes it through a vent, usually located on the roof or the side of the building.

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The fans' location and how it vents will affect your indoor air quality. You can vent your bathroom fan three ways: up through the roof, through a side wall, or out an exterior eave. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages, and how you build your house will determine your method of venting.