Can You Vent A Bathroom Fan Into A Soffit. However soffit venting is problematic and banned in some states. For those that do not know a soffit is an architectural feature that can be interior or exterior.
Installing a bathroom exhaust fan to the soffit can likely be done within an hour or two if you have all of the tools such as the vent cover a tall ladder the vent hose vent clamp and jig saw. Gary explains how to vent a bathroom fan through the soffit. Venting bathroom fans is usually done through a side wall or roof but it is also OK to vent a bathroom fan into a soffit.
While you can still use a smaller vent hose for bathroom fans it will not perform well and may have lower-rated specs.
Venting through a soffit could seem like a good idea if you dont want to make holes in your roof or walls. It will help if you never vent the bathroom fan directly into the attic. In cold climate you need to make sure that nobody walk straight under the exhaust as sometime icicle can form and drop. It is never a good idea to discharge a bathroom or kitchen fan through a soffit gable or ridge vent or the roof itself.
