Replacing Nutone sound system
 

Has anyone out there upgraded their Nutone sound system? If you have would you send me a private message on what you did?

I am also interested in replacing our system, so please post here or PM me too! Thanks!

I just finished upgrading and replacing mine in our VA home. Hindsight being twenty twenty, I would have removed it and patched all the holes. First, Nutone is no longer in business so a one for one replacement is not possible. I bought an M&S system with a master station and CD player. I have the master and 16 room units. They had them everywhere. Two in the garage, three in the basement, porch, shed, and every bedroom and bathroom.

So because so many units it was expensive. About $2000. I have nothing but issues with every aspect of the system. Have returned the base station for warranty work once and am getting ready to ship the CD player back. Both have failed. Have had to replace two speaker units as they failed. This was supposed to be the best quality replacement system available, but I think it is very poor quality.

I used to install these systems many years ago and thought replacing it would be fairly simple. It is not. The original antenna systems will not support the new system so had to rewire that all the way to the attic. (3 stories) The speaker units only come in one size with a adapter plate to cover the original hole. However the original unit had 4 large 12 X 14 units. Nothing available for those, so had to patch more holes. The outside door units are a different size so had to remove and patch siding.

So if doing it again, I wouldn't. I would remove the old unit and patch all the holes.

Some of the Nutones are under a recall. If you call Scott at All Systems Works he might be able to help. Ours was recently sent back for factory repairs at no charge. His phone is 352-286-5437. The recall infomation is available on line.

I would do just what l2rdhd said. I have learned to respect his judgment more and more over time. He knows what he is doing and has remarkable abilities in so many areas of home maintainance. ( He is a homeowner here, not a handyman)

If he said to patch up the holes/and or replace with another system, it is golden.

Thanks for the info I2 and sail. We have had problems since we moved in and the Warranty dept couldn't get it fixed. They replaced the unit 3 times and still couldn't get radio and now the CD part broke.

Grace, thanks for chiming in...I always respect your opinion!

Nutone still in business
 

Just looked up Nutone and 4 authorized repair places in central Fl came up

joe

Nutone
 

Thank you all for your good information. I think I will look for
a bose radio instead. I don't need the intercom.