Bathroom Exhaust Fan - Advice?

[Zerocool749]

Hello! I'm finishing my basement and adding a 5' x 8' 3/4 bathroom. I'm having a hard time figuring out where to put my exhaust fan. There is no easy apparent solution.

Here is the bathroom. There is a glass block window with a hopper vent. This wall with the glass block is the side of my house. The other wall is to the front of my house.

When I look at the joist cavities, none seem like a good option.



Option 1 - This joist cavity is entirely in the shower. So, it is doable, but I would have to figure out how to tile around the exhaust fan. I plan to tile the ceiling of the shower, because the shower is only 80" high. I would have the fan connected to a GFI and rated for in-shower.

Option 2 - This joist cavity is half way in the shower and right above the shower door, a very tight fit. The exhaust fan would be half way in the tiled shower and half way on the ceiling drywall. It would also put the duct right next to the hot and cold water lines. This was where I was initially going to, but ran into these problems.

Option 3 / 4 / 5 - All three of these joist cavities would require cutting a 3 or 4" hole in the joist that's supporting the window bay area. I don't like that idea.

Option 6 - I do not install an exhaust fan at all. I simply open the hopper vent and bathroom door when I'm done showering. This is a 2nd bathroom and won't be used often.

Option 7 - I replace the hopper vent with a powered vent that fits into the glass block window. This is the fan I found. This seems like a good option too.

Any advice? I would really appreciate it!

 

[Fitter30]

Like 7
6 might have times where flow could be in instead of out. My bathrooms are on a timer which works out great don't have to worry about turning them off.

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[Zerocool749]

Thanks for that advice! Right now, replacing the hopper vent with a powered ventilation fan looks like the best option right now. Yes, I love those timers as well, I have one in my other bathroom. Unfortunately, this glass block ventilation fan plugs into an outlet, it's not hard wired. It automatically turns on when you open the vent door.

 

[Fitter30]

Smart plug and Alexa or google

 

[Zerocool749]

Good thinking, I didn't think of that! I'm very much okay with having to turn on and off the glass block ventilation fan. That's a minor inconvenience compared to the work of installing the vent fan anywhere else in this bathroom.