Blissful silence

Even in our second visit to the house, I remember remarking that the fan in the full bathroom was loud. But I took it as a sign that it was moving a lot of air.
But lately, the fan had started to sound like this:

A rumbling, screeching, grinding that could be heard throughout the house.
Dana was able to clean it out, lubricate the works, and it was a little better. For a little while. But we knew that the fan would need to be replaced sooner rather than later.

We looked around and found this guy from Panasonic:

The answer to our prayers

The problem? This fan sits in the attic. The cramped, fiberglass-filled attic. And the quotes we got to install it were $200 or more.

Enter my hero:

No superhero in tights has ever been this sexy

First Dana pulled out the old fan. I'm not surprised this was making that noise. Might it have been original to the house?

Then, with about 18 trips up and down the ladder, measuring twice (and cutting twice), the new fan was in. 

Here's some of what happened in the attic:

Dana looked at this and knew what to do. What a rockstar!

And just 1 afternoon later, we have a fan, with a light, that sounds like a whisper.

Success!