Extractor Fans are a vital part Of Home Construction
Have you ever walked into a bathroom in a new home or a friend’s house and automatically reached for the extractor fan switch only to find that it was not there. There is a moment or two of complete and stark disappointment followed by an urge to go find, and then wring, your friend’s neck for putting you in such an awkward position. Inevitably, there is either a thick odour just hanging in the air and you know with utter certainty that it will linger there the entire time you are in there, forcing you to breath through your mouth until you realize that you should probably keep your mouth shut tight. It is better to smell it now than taste it later.
The Girl of My Dreams
The other thing is if the bathroom does not stink now, it most certainly will when you are done with it. Sure enough, the one person whom you have just met and are trying to impress will come walking through the door as you are finishing to go, leaving her to associate the stinging watery eyes and the pungent fumes with you and that look of sheepish apology on your face as you pass each other. You just know that for the rest of her life, every time she sees you she will smell that A-bomb you dropped in her mind. Now you really want to find your friend and teach him about the virtues of the almighty extractor fan.
Common Rooms
Extractor fans pretty much do what the name implies, they simply extract the air that is confined to a small area out and allows that space to replenish the air from another source. The most common room in which to have extractor fans is the bathroom and above the stove in the kitchen.
Shave At the Sink
Any electrical device in a bathroom must be in a zone of 3 or above. Bathrooms are zoned out beginning at 0 for any area that would contain water at any given time. Any electrical equipment such as an extractor fan must be at least three feet from zone 0 and be accompanied by an IP number, which is the Ingress Protection number. An IP denotes a certain level of mechanical and moisture protection, which is why it is possible to have an outlet on the same counter as a zone 0 basin for electric shavers.
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