You bathroom fans can occasionally need to be removed in order to repair, clean, or replace them.  This will be done for both the purposes of maintenance and if it is not functioning properly.  If they are making noise, or otherwise not working right, then they are not ventilating your bathroom as they are supposed to do.

The first thing you are going to need to do when getting ready to do anything with your bathroom fan from cleaning it to repairing or replacing it is to take it out.  The way you go about removing the fan will be dependent on the type of fan that you have.  It will also depend on the vent cover that is used for the fan.  Most of these are easy enough to remove, you can remove the entire fan by simply taking out a few screws.  Make sure to remember the following when you are working on your bathroom fan:

Cover Removal

• If the cover is attached with screws, then you are going to need a screwdriver in order to remove the screws so that you can remove the vent cover.
• If the fan happens to be mounted to the ceiling with hangers, then you will have to remove the bulb cover and then remove the bulb so that you can get to the screw that holds the cover where it is.  After the screw or nut is removed, your cover and the lighting assembly will no longer be attached to the ceiling.  This will then leave the motor exposed.  Make sure that you are careful not to do this while the bulb is still hot.
• Take care when you remove the cover.  If you do not, then you may dent it or scrape paint off of part of your bathroom.

Electric Motor Removal

After the cover is off, the motor for the fan will be showing.  This is plugged into the housing of the fan or mounted in with screws.  After the motor is loose, the wiring needs to be detached.

When Removing the Bathroom Fan

• Before you begin trying to remove the fan, you will need to make sure that the power is turned of to the fan from the breaker box.  Check to make sure that the power is really no longer running to it with a circuit tester.
• Make sure that you wear the proper eye protection so that you do not get anything in your eyes that could be harmful.