I try to avoid home improvement, whenever possible. Oh, it’s not that I’m not good at it, it’s just that I loathe the run up and the teardown. The 3 minimum trips to Home Despot don’t make it a lot easier.

Today’s project is a much-needed bathroom vent fan. Since getting the dog, we can’t leave the bathroom door open after a shower to let out the steam- so paint is peeling, and the whole deal is subject to mildew.

The first trouble was finding the eave vent. Not many people make them and few stores stock them. The way the house is constructed I can’t use a wall vent and there’s no way I’m going to invite trouble by cutting a hole in the roof.

I finally found a decent vent that will do thje job nicely, and hopefully prevent the entry of any squirrels into the attic. Now I just have to install the fan and shrink myself down to 1/8 scale to sneak the duct from the fan to the eave vent. And then very carefully disconnect the existing wires and re-run them in new non-self disintegrating rubber BX.

Wish me luck.

Update: I’m ALREADY on trip three, and I haven’t got a hole cut yet. Not a good sign.