Utility room extraction

theone8181 · 4 Aug 2020 at 19:39

I'm having an extension which will give me s mancave/study and also sacrificing some garage space for a utility room. Has anybody bother fitting a fan, we will be moving the clothes horse in there so there will be some moisture. Room won't be massive probably 2.5 X 2m or so.

Cheers

iraiguana · 4 Aug 2020 at 20:24

Any bathroom fan will do the job, if you are drying clothes on a clothes horse, then I would highly recommend it.

Duke · 4 Aug 2020 at 20:54

Wouldn't do any harm. Is there a decent sized window in there?

theone8181 · 5 Aug 2020 at 06:27

Tbh I'm not sure as the wall hasn't been knocked through for the window yet

. I can fit a fan, I'm just thinking if it's worth doing I'll fit it or at least prep for it before the rooms wired in and plastered. Would you recommend a humidity controlled one as I'm not sure my wife would remember to switch on a timered one

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paintguy · 5 Aug 2020 at 08:18

Will there be a sink in the room? We were told we had to have an extractor in our new utility room (part of an extension) to satisfy building regs, if a sink was fitted.

No idea if that's the truth but it's what we were told. We hardly ever use it though, I just tend to leave the window open.

Derek W · 5 Aug 2020 at 08:55

Extract needed. Building regulations. Should be on the drawings though....also if there's no window you'll need a secondary vent so that the extract doesn't short out.

Relentless81 · 5 Aug 2020 at 09:05

Can't you just have air brick installed or are they not allowed anymore

theone8181 · 5 Aug 2020 at 12:38

Relentless81 said:
Can't you just have air brick installed or are they not allowed anymore

No idea. Not sure if it's on drawing. I know it's part of regs but I'll be putting units/sink in later so no one would see. I do plan on putting a fan in, but just need to pick one.