If you re tempted to vent your exhaust fan through an existing roof vent or even vent it into the attic don t do it.
Bath fan vents into attic.
It s all outdoor air anyways right.
No you cannot vent your bathroom exhaust fan into the attic.
Otherwise you re inviting a moisture mold rot insect problem in the building.
Options for venting a bathroom exhaust fan include best to worst.
It seems like such an easy solution just leave a bathroom vent hose in an attic.
Your attic is not a temperature controlled environment is never the same temperature as your living space and generally closer to the temperature outside.
Through the roof or an exterior gable wall.
No you should not vent a bathroom fan directly into an attic.
Second during cold winters you ll be blowing warm moist air onto a cold surface the roof vent and roof plywood.
You should never exhaust the bathroom fan directly into the attic.
First you ll partially block your roof vent with the piping reducing the flow of cooling air through your attic.
Do not simply terminate a bath vent fan duct in an attic as shown in our photo above nor can you just dump the exhaust vent into a crawl space nor into a closed wall floor or ceiling cavity.
Bathroom ventilation codes require a bathroom exhaust fan to vent to the exterior not the attic for health and structural reasons.
Bathroom fan vent code requirements include no venting to attic areas to help reduce mold or structural problems.