Broan-NuTone 505 Exhaust Fan, White Vertical Discharge Ceiling Ventilation Fan, 8.5 Sones, 200 CFM, 8"

These vertical fans were a great option for our manufactured home bathrooms which have a vertical duct straight up through the roof of the house. Installation took a little modification based on the architecture of our ceilings/duct work, but nothing crazy. They are plenty powerful! A little on the loud side, but its worth it because they're so powerful and effective at moving air, plus add a little auditory privacy in the bathrooms. Quality seems good and price was very reasonable compared to other fans on the market. Use caution with the small rubber pieces that support the metal damper as it falls back into place after the fan has shut off. They can pull out rather easily during installation if there's a tight squeeze, but if you're paying attention to them, shouldn't be a problem.

I bought this Broan Model 505 8-Inch Vertical Discharge Utility Fan to replace an old and missing one on the ceiling of the kitchen. This old unit which brand name is apparently "Victor Climax", was not even present and looking all over the internet I couldn't find any exact replacement available. So doing numbers I decided to use the same round duct of the old one and try to replace it with a new one and by looking over the internet finally, on Amazon, I found this unit that was the only one that fitted more or less on that round duct and was affordable enough to give it a try without compromissing the finances... At the end I just got attached the motor to the old housing by using the same old bracket of the old unit. The motor works perfectly, makes some noise but its nothing really annoying, extracts the fumes and everybody is really happy everytime there's some smoke coming from delicious food being cooked... Definitely, a good product for the buck to buy!

The media could not be loaded. This fan does a great job at getting moisture out of the bathroom after showers. It is incredibly loud however, and you can hear the damper closing shut when you turn it off. My young boys do not like to turn on the bathroom light not because of the loud noise of the fan running so I will even figure out how to install a split switch for it so that we can have the light and fan independent of each other. What was most important to me was eliminating ant moisture in the bathroom and it's doing a great job at that.

EXACTLY what I needed to replace the same model that died after only 25 years, can you imagine? I would like to say that the old one came out and the new one popped right back in but not so easy. my tip, install the wiring cover before you go into the attic, I spent an hour up there lying on very uncomfortable surfaces to try to get the metal screw to thread. Great Air Volume, fits perfect. I was very pleased to find the same model available as the home supply stores no longer carry this model.

I needed something more powerful than the normal 70-100 CFM bath units for an interior bath, and was not concerned about noise, so opted for this one. Install was not that easy for my application. My old unit was flush against a truss so the install arms supplied would not reach over to the next truss 24" away. This means I had to go cut three 2 x 4 pieces and build a box between the two trusses. Not terribly difficult in some attics, but where my fan is located is not easy to get to but is what it is. I followed instructions, taking motor and fan out, but could see there was no way to mount the thing from bath so be prepared to go into attic. I went up, removed old unit, built box, centered the fan and screwed in the four arms to 2 x 4's. I then wired it up per instructions, and then found you CANNOT reattach the electrical junction box to the fan housing with it mounted. So, do yourself a solid and wire the thing, attach the junction box and THEN mount the thing in the hole. After that it is simple to reinstall fan and motor and attach vent cover. The bottom of fan MUST be flush with the sheetrock ceiling in the bathroom if you want to use the all-thread bolt supplied to attach plastic vent cover. I had a square 8" x 8" hole for old fan, and I just set this fan on top of sheetrock in attic and mounted, since it would not fit down into hole and I didn't feel like trimming at that point. So, after I attached duct to top of fan and was done in attic, I found that, with the fan sitting up on top of sheetrock, the all-thread bolt that screws up into middle of fan was not long enough to reach to the vent cover centerpiece that it screws into. Instead of going back in attic and lowering fan, I found an all-thread bolt in my shop and cut it to length needed. Despite the extra trouble mounting, I am very happy with the fan's performance and while it is louder than normal fans, the wife and remaining daughter have no complaints about it. Personally, I like a powerful, noisy fan in a bathroom!

The media could not be loaded. We have different levels on our exhaust fan and a cooperates very well with it. Not sure how strong the suction is compared to others.But i'm happy with the purchase and what I paid. The lower it's you may not hear it as much but on high you hear it. Installation was in our kitchen and we had it installed professionally.

Fit as described and works perfectly fine