small hole o be filled aroud extractor fan.. pic

man.about.town

i got an electrician to fit a new extractor fan in the bathroom but the one he installed was smaller. he said i should fill the hole around it. basically I'm useless at DIY but I'm going to give this a go, from googling it, i was thinking Polycel foam could be the answer. here is a picture of the hole, any advice is welcome??

Davy

Foam is probably the handiest solution, but wont leave a perfect finish. You could use a filler after it set if you wanted a smoother finish.

If you use foam, just do a little at a time. It will keep expanding for several minutes. Once its completely hard its easier to cut then without mess.

mad m

Personally I wouldn't use foam, it will drip down from it and be a nightmare to remove on certain surfaces....just get some polyfiller and build it up gradually...sand down and touch up.

Joey the lips

Pack it out with polyfiller. One product and simple.

jaspertheghost

grab an oul bit of fiberglass insulation shtick it in and fill it out with some filler...

liveandnetural

get him back to fit a proper 6inch fan !!!

CarrickMcJoe

Get a small tub of Red Devil onetime, its a very fine light filler and will easily fill the hole without sagging or mess. Use a small filling knife for the job.

meercat

man.about.town wrote: »

he said i should fill the hole around it.

not good enough
if he was any good he should have filled it for you
he should have had some filler with him(replacing sockets and switches some plaster always falls out)
get him back
you called an expert to do the job,you shouldnt have to tidy his work

deandean

OMG, what a sh1te job!

Electrician should have replaced like-for-like.

That's not a proper job at all. He left you with a half-finished project, and he did the easy bit!

Suggest you get a same-size replacement fitted.

Ronin247

man.about.town wrote: »

i got a cowboy to fit a new extractor fan in the bathroom but the one he installed was smaller. he said i should fill the hole around it. basically I'm useless at DIY but I'm going to give this a go, from googling it, i was thinking Polycel foam could be the answer. here is a picture of the hole, any advice is welcome??

That is the work of a cowboy not a tradesman.

CarrickMcJoe

meercat wrote: »

not good enough
if he was any good he should have filled it for you
he should have had some filler with him(replacing sockets and switches some plaster always falls out)
get him back
you called an expert to do the job,you shouldnt have to tidy his work

A spark repairing the damage he caused, thats a new one on me I'm afriad.
Most don't even clean up after them.

builditwell

You will prob need to get into the attic and put a small strip of plasterboard over the hole and secure in place. This will help when you fill the hole from below with a good filler in few stages to build it up to final finish.

paddy147

Remove fan.

150 x 150mm square piece of plasterboard bonded on over exiting plasterboard ceiling (access from attic above to do this).

Go into bathroom and reskim that hole with some bonding/one coat filler.

Smooth it out with a wet trowel and leave to set

Get a holesaw of the same diameter as the fan outlet and drill new hole through freshly skimmed area.

Install fan and ducting.

Lick of white paint.

Job done for good and you would never know the difference either.

paddy147

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

A spark repairing the damage he caused, thats a new one on me I'm afriad.
Most don't even clean up after them.

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meercat

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

A spark repairing the damage he caused, thats a new one on me I'm afriad.
Most don't even clean up after them.

Your not getting the right one then

CarrickMcJoe

meercat wrote: »

Your not getting the right one then

Not me, I'm speaking from experience working in different houses, I'm the one with the filler.

meercat

CarrickMcJoe wrote: »

Not me, I'm speaking from experience working in different houses, I'm the one with the filler.

yeah
theres nothing worse than getting a tradesman in and then having to repair,tidy up after him

we all run into problems,but what defines a good tradesman over a bad one is how the problem is overcome

think the op should get him back to fill the hole or as others have said,to put a bigger fan in