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Frequent lurker here coming out of the closet…

We are doing a gut reno of our brick/frame house, doing the work ourselves. We’re currently working on the ground floor (interior) bathroom. We got a Panasonic whisper fan, choosing a pretty powerful one not for the size of the bathroom, but because there’s a pretty long run to the outside (25 feet). We get to install the duct ourselves, and decided to go with flexible aluminum ducting, but we’re having a hard time installing the actual duct to the fan. It’s driving me (and really, my dear husband) nuts. The duct just seems to big to clamp on to the duct outlet on the fan.

Is there a secret that’s not in the manual that anyone can help out with?