Miele Range Hood

16 years ago

Builder says I must make final decision this week on all appliances and I'm trying to stall until Monday. The range hood has been the most difficult decision. Here are the facts:

1. GE Monogram 36" induction cooktop, total wattage 13,700. Island installation.

2. 10' ceiling, 22' run to outside wall, 2 ninety degree bends and there is only room for a 6" (maybe 8" max duct). Is there a special hell for architects who know nothing about ventilation?

3. Most high smoke cooking will be done outside on the grill and I doubt that more than two burners will be going at any one time on a daily basis. Soups and stews and stocks sometimes are simmering for 3 to 4 hours so I need to run the exhaust on low continuously.

Here is the question: I love the looks of the Miele DA 250 (600 cfm, internal blower) DH says this is one of the few that can duct through the available space. Will this give me useful exhausting capabilities for my cooking style and cooktop? From what I've read on this forum this is the bare minimum but it may be the best we can do given our structural limitations. Is there such a thing as installing an in-line booster with a silencer to aid and abet my meager 600 cfm's?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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User
16 years ago
Why the need to stall? Is the xtra 2 days going to allow some sort of epithany? Are you waiting on a ventilation expert to return calcs. on the desing Fri? If this is the case your builder should be understanding, seems like he'd know about this already if he was kept in the loop.

600cfm should be adequate, it would prob. be close exhausting a simmering stew or soup at the low setting, Someone would have to do the math to be sure. With an electric top you don't have the gas exhaust to deal with.

Adding an aux. blower is folly, get enough power from the outset with a single motor, less to go wrong, less to wire,ect...You can always get a single remote blower they are available to about 1800 CFM.
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weissman
16 years ago
600 CFM is hardly meager - I have 600 CFMs, wok a lot, and rarely ever put the hood on high. It's been noted a number of times that hood power is being oversold by hood and range manufacturers. Unless you have a grill or plan to keep all of your burners on high most of the time 600 CFM will be more than enough. If you go any higher, you'll have to consider makeup air as well.
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flseadog
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16 years ago
antss, The builder has been wonderful but as all the strands of this project start to mesh everything must be ordered soon to keep up with the schedule. Right now the stall is on the framers finishing up. If I don't pick the right range hood now either we'll run into one of two problems. Either frame the ceiling for a 6" duct and find out later the 6" size is inadequate and have to pay for the changed ceiling height (plus potential ruining the ceiling design) or leaving it unfinished and paying for the framers to come back when we know exactly what works for our ventilation needs.

An epiphany would be great but I was rather hoping for a miracle. We have so many conflicting opinions and since we have no expertise in this area it's hard to decide who knows what they're talking about especially since we have so many variables that complicate the issue. I'm asking here because I've come to trust Garden Web more than any other source. Thanks for the help and opinion.

You too, Weissman, thanks.
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weissman
16 years ago
If you need to decide on the duct size then go with 8" if it will fit. That will give you more flexibility and you can use a a hood that only requires 6" ducting - you can't go the other way.
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User
16 years ago
Absolutely agree w/Weissman, go with the 8" ducting. Unless you have some sort of complicated moulding scheme, full ht. cabinets that have already been ordered, or you have some other sort of deco ceiling, the benefits of an 8" duct are numerous.
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