Cheapest/Best Vent Hood Wolf 36' Range
gracie7777
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30' vent hood on top of 36' dcs or wolf rangetop (a disaster?!).
Comments (10)If that picture really reflects what you have, then I would be worried too. If the cabs on either side of your hood drop down close to the countertop, as the picture suggests, then you may have under 24'' of clearance from rangetop to bottom of cabinet. With a high output range that would seem to be an invitation to at least scorching of the cabinets, if not an all-out fire hazard. If you've searched for hood vent discussions on this forum you've seen that there is a strong disapproval for hoods that are equal in width to the cooktop, let alone narrower than the cooktop! Even with a high cfm hood (and 680 cfm does not qualify in my mind as high), you may pull some of the hot convection current away from your side cabs, but there is direct radiant heat energy that is not affected at all by airstream which will heat your cabinets. That's independent of the smoke/grease/odor issues that an inadequately sized hood would cause, that you say don't worry you. Why the compulsion to go with a 36'' range in a space designed for a 30''? You lose a couple burners of course but if that's what you have to work with that's a sensible option. Not to mention that a six burner Wolf would really require more than 680 cfm for decent ventilation. Or, can you pull down your two flanking cabinets and replace them with narrower cabs? Or even just delete them altogether and mount a freestanding hood there?...See MoreWhich is best, Best, Vent-a-Hood, or Wolf range liners, 1200 cfm?
Comments (1)You may be better off asking this over on the Appliances forum. But you'll probably get a lot of differing opinions. This old thread is probably a good place to start, especially if noise level is a major concern for your setup. The consensus there seems to be that Vent-a-Hoods are fairly noisy, and some people say they're also hard to clean. Laura...See MoreVent hood and Wolf range
Comments (10)And the MUA issue is also related to what kind of heating plant you have. For instance if you heat your HW with electricity as opposed to gas or oil then you have no flame/exhaust issues to be concerned about. Do you use gas or oil, or a wood-burning appliance (fireplace, pellet stove, etc.?) In the case of woodburning stoves - wood or pellet - if they are equiped with sealed dedicated outside air supply fittings and are always burned closed, then the MUA thing wouldn't apply either. If your gas-fired WH or gas boiler/furnace is the kind that is direct vented, then I think that the MUA thing wouldn't apply. In SoCal of course you could just open a window, but I don't think codes take that into account. I live in northern NY (down to -20F fairly commonly). Our house is so old and unsealed up that the MUA-achieved standard of exchanges per hour would probably be less than what I have right now. But I think the code may still apply to me, anyway. I'm going to try my darndest to argue that since we have no other gas- or oil-burning appliances (no central heat and only sealed intake air connected woodburning appliances for heat) that the code shouldn't come into play. Wish me luck! Code aside though, I have been cooking on my 48" pro range for nearly 20 years w/o a vent (only open windows and occasionally exhaust fans stuck in every door shenanigans -like the dedbacle that occurred when I tried really high heat roasting of a chicken!) But it's definitely not pleasant to live with the HOGS so MUA, or not, there's a high CFM hood in my future. L....See MoreHow do i know which hood/vent to purchase for a 36 in dual fuel range?
Comments (3)We installed a 36 in Wolf dual-fuel and went with the Best by Broan hood because it was the only one that covered the BTU output on the range top. On the lowest 1 or 2 settings, it's OK, but if you turn it up to 6 you can't hear yourself think! But using it at that level is minimal. I like the hood because you can remove the vents and wash them in the sink or dishwasher....See More
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