PSA: Bathroom vent fans are meant for more than just noisemakers to cover the sounds of bodily functions!
Apparently my 25 year old house's builder didn't read that particular memo. The vent fan in our master bath was about the loudest one they could find. It could be heard from across the house. And it took forever to remove moisture from the air. So we replaced it with a larger one. That was much quieter, but still didn't do a good job removing the moisture.
After correcting the vent material with insulated duct and fixing a mis-aligned roof vent (4" diameter duct trying to exhaust through a hole 1/4 the area), the new fan pretty quickly clears out the bathroom. Score another for fixing builder mistakes!
Apparently my 25 year old house's builder didn't read that particular memo. The vent fan in our master bath was about the loudest one they could find. It could be heard from across the house. And it took forever to remove moisture from the air. So we replaced it with a larger one. That was much quieter, but still didn't do a good job removing the moisture.
After correcting the vent material with insulated duct and fixing a mis-aligned roof vent (4" diameter duct trying to exhaust through a hole 1/4 the area), the new fan pretty quickly clears out the bathroom. Score another for fixing builder mistakes!