vent fan location - Montana Owners Club

gkbutler · 07-19-2005, 10:23 AM

We would like to change the location of the vent fan for the shower. It really is not convenient to have to open the door to the WC when we shower. Would like to see the vent fan moved to the vent that is located next to the shower.

melnjoy · 07-20-2005, 07:05 AM

Maybe the solution would be to put a fan on the bedroom vent as well as the W/C vent. Otherwise they would almost have to put in another whole vent, as the fan and vent in the W/C is a necessity that no-one would be willing to do without.
Joy

sreigle · 07-20-2005, 08:26 PM

I don't know about anyone else but no fan in the wc to vent the odors would be unacceptable to us. We used to just open the door, no big deal. Later we added a fantastic fan to the vent nearest the shower. Now we just use that to vent shower moisture.

There is an option to add a fantastic fan when you order a new Montana. I think you can specifiy it be in the bathroom area by the shower. I think.

melnjoy · 07-21-2005, 01:23 AM

I agree about just using the door. It also is an extra deterent to going upstairs for the "grandbabies" when they decide to take off looking for Pa Pa or Grammy. Gives the one not takeing a shower an extra second or two to catch them. We keep the Vent in the bedroom covered when were there because of the light, so a vent/fan in there wouldn't really work for us. Besides, just opening the door is easier and cheaper.

Joy

Montana_139 · 07-22-2005, 05:21 PM

Gary and Karen Butler,

I did a double-take when I saw your forum name. Our names are Glenn and Karin Butler. Maybe we can trade histories sometime.
We have a Fantastic fan in the bedroom. We use that to vent the shower moisture. We have removed the door between the shower and the bedroom. I don't know what your 5er is like, but the hardest part of adding a fan in the shower vent in ours is running a 12 volt line to that location.

Glenn

sreigle · 07-23-2005, 05:23 PM

Joy, ours is not in the bedroom vent but in the vent next to the shower, if that makes a difference. With the cover over the fantastic fan it really cuts down on the light. Plus if there's still too much light we can partially close the doors between bath area and bedroom area. Sorry if I confused the issue.

melnjoy · 07-25-2005, 08:46 PM

Steve,
No real confusion. Unlike you, (yet) we don't live in the Montana. You are very right, I guess I forgot there was a vent next to the shower, my bad. Now that I'm in here, I see what you were referring to. Also, now that I am personally retired, all I can say is that maybe all those hours of working had effected my Brain? Anyway, I promise, I'll be here more often (in the 5er),and not make that mistake again. Thanks for being so nice and "politically correct" in your response to my boo boo.

Joy

Kathi · 07-26-2005, 03:40 AM

Could someone explain where this door between the bedroom and the shower is? I have looked at the model of Montana you guys have and then the picture in the 2005 book that I have and the only door I see is the one between the bedroom and the kitchen or the livingroom. Thanks Kathi

Parrothead · 07-26-2005, 08:44 AM

Kathi
We have a folding door that when open cuts off the bed from the shower and water closet. We never use it. We just close the pocket door between kitchen and bedroom. This folding door is the privacy door that Keystone did away with and everyone loudly complained about. If we had company overnight in ours, then we would use it and I would complain if we didn't have it. I think Dick Whit put one in his.
Happy trails.....................

sreigle · 07-26-2005, 11:07 AM

Kathi, the 2005 models don't have those doors. Ours is a 2003 and has two wooden doors between the bedroom and bath areas. The vanity is on the bath side of the doors.

Parrothead · 07-26-2005, 03:15 PM

But Steve the 3400 never did have wooden doors both places. That was one of my pros on the 3295 which was the first unit we saw in the Montanas and the one we thought we were going to buy. It was a hard choice to make and we didn't make it until we started signing papers. Color was part of the deciding factor as we were buying "off the lot" and the 3295 was green and I was tired of green.
Happy trails.........................

sreigle · 07-27-2005, 08:53 AM

Sue, you are correct about that. The 3400RL was a new model in 2004.

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