Customer Reviews for Ventamatic CX1500 Power Gable Ventilator Fan

Ventamatic CX1500 Power Gable Ventilator Fan

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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Ventamatic CX1500 Power Gable Ventilator Fan

Customer Review: Easy install and seems to be good quality
Summary: 5 Stars

It's only been in the attic for about a week or so so I don't have a report on longevity yet. Installation was extremely easy and the fan seems to be very good quality. We just bolted it to a 3/8" plywood board with a circle cut out that we put up to cover the existing gable vent. We used some heavy duty weather stripping around where the board made contact with the existing studs just to prevent as much vibration as possible from transferring into the wall to cut down on noise. Fan is very quiet and stable so this may not have been necessary. Total time to install was about 4 hours including running a branch electric line to it. I have had a thermometer up there with it for a week and the thermostat seems to turn it on and off almost exactly where I have it set to (right now I'm testing out the recommended 100 degree F on point and 85 degree F off point.) It just started getting hot here in Washington, DC this weekend and I think it has already made a big difference (though I can't prove anything because I haven't done a controlled on/off study yet.) Overall I definitely recommend.

Customer Review: Excellent fan for the money
Summary: 4 Stars

Fan arrived within a few days after placing the order. Installed quickly without any problems. Observed that the housing was not quite round. This did not cause any problems with the operation or installation however this is why I rated the fan 4 starts instead of 5 starts. I recommend this product to others.

Customer Review: Excellent value - Very quiet - Sturdy - Easy
Summary: 5 Stars

I was not sure how good this product would be. I ordered. With shipping under fifty bucks total. As I had been looking inside the big warehouse stores for a attic fan and for anythjing decent two hundred bucks was the starting point! I purchased this item about three weeks ago installed myself under two hours and am a total klutz with household repairs. Very easy instructions and less wiring than a standard old table lamp. Great built in thermostatic control seems very accurate so far, so good. The biggest bonus was our attic temp dropped twenty degrees during the day. At night fan shut off by 5:00 PM everyday leaving the attic at or below seventy five degrees. Did I mention we live in the Mojave Desert in some of the hottest weather conditions in the entire United States!! I highly recommend this product to anyone wanting to lower their attic temperatures.

Thank you, James W.

Customer Review: Extra thermostat may not be needed
Summary: 5 Stars

Just an FYI to future users that the Ventamatic gable fan comes with its own thermostat. The extra thermostat/humidistat, that the majority of people buy with the fan, is possibly not needed for every user. We bought the fan for use in our new garage. Wish we hadn't ordered the extra thermostat; it just was not necessary for this application. (IF I had READ the description of the fan, I would have known all of this, but I was in a hurry. Sigh.)

Also, we went to Home Depot and bought a shutter vent, since the one on this site is so badly rated. But since we were doing new construction, the carpenter on the job sent us back to Menards to buy an alternative. The Home Depot vent was flat and would have required a lot of caulking around the edges. It was for use on existing structures when you have to cut a hole in the wall. The vent we got at Menards had a flange around it, and it sunk right into the wall so that the new siding could be placed right up to the edge of the vent, between the vent and the flange. It's a much nicer finish and no caulk needed.

So beware when you see all those items listed as being bought together on the Amazon site.