An extract fan assembly comprising: a fan; a fan housing including a main body section comprising a plurality of walls defining an enclosure for containing the fan having an inlet opening at one end; a cover plate positioned to cover the inlet opening and fixed relative to the housing in a spaced location from the inlet opening, the cover plate having an outwardly facing surface defining the front face of the fan assembly; a first air inlet defined by the space between the cover plate and the housing; a first airflow pathway extending between the first air inlet and the fan housing via the inlet opening; and a second inlet facing rearwardly in the opposing direction to the front face of the fan assembly such that it is obscured from view when the fan assembly is viewed from the front; a second airflow pathway extending between the second air inlet and the fan housing; the housing further including a skirt section extending outwardly of at least one side wall of the main body with the second inlet being defined at the rear end of the skirt section between the skirt section and the main body, wherein the skirt section includes a side wall section and a front wall section having a peripheral outer edge and an inner edge surrounding and defining a single air inlet aperture formed in the front wall section, the skirt section is spaced from the main body section with the front wall section located between the main body section and the cover plate, and the first air flow pathway extends between the first inlet and the inlet opening of the fan housing via the space between the front wall section and the cover plate and via the aperture in the front wall section and the second airflow pathway extends between the second inlet and the inlet opening of the fan housing via the space between the skirt section and the main body. a fan; a fan housing including a main body section comprising a plurality of walls defining an enclosure for containing the fan having an inlet opening at one end; a cover plate positioned to cover the inlet opening and fixed relative to the housing in a spaced location from the inlet opening, the cover plate having an outwardly facing surface defining the front face of the fan assembly; a first air inlet defined by the space between the cover plate and the housing; a first airflow pathway extending between the first air inlet and the fan housing via the inlet opening; and a second inlet facing rearwardly in the opposing direction to the front face of the fan assembly such that it is obscured from view when the fan assembly is viewed from the front; a second airflow pathway extending between the second air inlet and the fan housing; the housing further including a skirt section extending outwardly of at least one side wall of the main body with the second inlet being defined at the rear end of the skirt section between the skirt section and the main body, wherein the skirt section includes a side wall section and a front wall section having a peripheral outer edge and an inner edge surrounding and defining a single air inlet aperture formed in the front wall section, the skirt section is spaced from the main body section with the front wall section located between the main body section and the cover plate, and the first air flow pathway extends between the first inlet and the inlet opening of the fan housing via the space between the front wall section and the cover plate and via the aperture in the front wall section and the second airflow pathway extends between the second inlet and the inlet opening of the fan housing via the space between the skirt section and the main body.