You could consider an in-line ducted fan. The intake can be placed wherever you need it, and the fan can be located near it's power source.
Vaughn;1269320One would have to be careful that no odors are leaked into any adjacent living areas.[/QUOTE said:I considered a positive pressure ventilation system for my own darkroom, and this is the main reason I decided against it. It would have been very difficult to make the room completely airtight, and the bedrooms are just above the darkroom.
Trond
I'm not sure how extensive the remodeling will be, but I put an inline exhaust fan, as Barry suggested, in the attic and put ducts down to the wall along the trays - the fumes get pulled right off the trays and never near my face. I put my ducts in the wall, but they could be on the outside if you aren't modifying the wall.
Two possible solutions.
1. if you have a window, make a plywood cover for the window and put the fan init blowing out.
2. Reverse the direction of the fan and make it blow into the darkroom. This will cause the fumes to blow away from you and out all the unseen cracks in the doors, walls, etc. Clean rooms have always used this type of positive ventilation.
I have used such a system in my 10x10 darkroom for more than 25 years.
3. A third solution which may help is to attach a length of dryer hose to the fan and place the intake near the sink. For this you willlikely need a squirrel cage fan.
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