Hums, grinds, or silent. Twenty-year-old fan motors seize — replace it with one you will not hear.
Three causes cover almost every call we get for this.
Damp air and dust stop the motor. Hums, then nothing.
The fan is fine; the control has failed. Quick to replace.
If the bathroom outlets are dead too, press RESET on the GFCIs.
Takes a minute, costs nothing, fixes it more often than you would think.
Press RESET on the bathroom and other GFCIs if the outlets are dead as well.
Still happening? That's our job.
A bathroom without a working fan grows mold in Western Washington within a season.
Online or by phone. A technician reaches out within 1 business hour.
Traced to the box or device it lives in. Exact price before any work, you approve it first.
Right parts, tested under load, next connection checked so it does not come back.
A bathroom exhaust fan that hums without spinning, grinds, or does nothing at all has a seized or burnt-out motor, a failed wall switch or timer, or — if the bathroom outlets are dead too — a tripped GFCI. Builder-grade fans seize after 10 to 20 years of damp air. The repair is almost always replacement, and a modern replacement is quieter, moves more air, and can switch itself on and off with the humidity. An electrician replaces it in one to two hours.
Yes. Old fans are 3–4 sones; replacements are under 1 sone and barely audible.
A like-for-like replacement on the existing circuit does not. New wiring does, and we pull it.
Exact price before any work starts.
Usually within a day or two. A technician reaches out within 1 business hour.
Licensed electricians across South King and Pierce County. Exact price before any work starts.