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A homeowner called to get a bathroom exhaust fan vent repaired. He had a home inspection and found that the fan was just blowing air into the attic. Exhausting warm moist air into the attic isn’t good. He needed to get this repaired as a condition of the sale.

It came to pass that the exhaust hose had come apart from the exhaust fan. This was a simple matter of resecuring it with a large hose clamp. Problem solved. There are lots of other ways that a vent can break or tear. You typically see these problems where the hose connects to a fitting or changes directions. It’s not the most common thing to see a tear in the hose, although pests and vermin can chew a hole in them. If that is the case, you can either replace that section of hose, or use metal tape to repair it if the hole isn’t too large.

The hose clamp is a good solution in the event the hose becomes disconnected. Hoses are a cheaper method of venting. You may see hard metal vents running from the unit, these can be fixed using sheet metal screws and metal tape. Due to the rigidity of these vents, it is rare to see them separate.