Room Ventilation via soffit as opposed to the wall

[buyingabroad]

Hi,

The eaves on our house extend well beyond the wall with the result that the soffit level is well below the ceiling level. A hole in the wall vent would be lower down.

Furthermore, the front rooms in our house face onto a busy road therefore am also concious of traffic noise.

I was thinking of ventilating the front rooms by running flex ducting between the soffit and ceiling bedrooms with appropriate grills/entry points at either end. I am thinking of putting a continous extract fan in the bathroom over the shower and likewise piped to the soffit.

I would welcome your thoughts as to whether this is a good approach to get the air changing in these rooms. At the moment there is no ventilation whatsoever.

Thanks,

B.

 

[galwaytt]

I did this years ago in my old house: Vents in the soffitt, and I had a 90 deg bend in the pipe in the wall, so the grille was still in the wall, as distinct from the ceiling.

In a finished house, you might have to go through the ceiling, but that's not the end of the world....