Installing A Vent Hood - DIY
aloha2009
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Comments (16)7000ft, I am totally convinced you ought to write a book. Your family sounds very interesting and it sounds like you all work as a cooperative of sorts. How much of your food do you produce? The tomatoes that I grow are primarily for sauce, so I use Roma-type tomatoes. They are odd-looking, being long and quite large. The variety I grew this year was Super San Marzano. I've tried some others, but this one is the best. The sauce-type tomatoes are awesome for making sauce. They are very meaty with minimal juice and seeds. Making sauce is a breeze because you can skip the steps for squeezing the juice and seeds out. According to the catalogs, some varieties have pectin in them that helps to thicken the sauce. We ended up with 25 jars of sauce in the freezer. That is a record for us, so we are pleased! That's 25 dinners during ski season that I don't have to cook. :) I also grow a cherry tomato and some sandwich-type tomatoes. I've had good luck with Early Wonder, which is early yet tasty. (way better than early girl!) Inside the GH we enjoy our first tomatoes in mid-July. Without the GH we are lucky to get any red tomatoes at all. I'm sure it's the same for you. My gardening efforts are pretty much solo, but my husband was instrumental in building the GH and in helping look after things as needed. He is an expert at raising seedlings because I tend to travel a lot in the spring. He also built a root cellar and he is fully on board with our quest to grow as much food as possible. It's a bit of an oddball pursuit, so I'm happy that he's into it!...See MoreBroan hood installation - gaps between vent and sheetrock.
Comments (5)We had new siding installed last summer, and my GC sealed everything he could. The wasps must get into the attic, then the walls, I guess. They might also be crawling in through the 35 recessed lights. It is a huge open room, so 35 lights, really! I can't remember who installed the vent...either the electrician or the cabinet maker. I will have my GC look at it, but I don't know if he will know what to do with it. He is a local rancher who has done general contracting for years. He does a great job, but we have to wait a long time to get him. The current homeowner he is working with keeps adding things she wants fixed, changed, or added to his list. Plus, the cattle have to be cared for. So, we wait. He thought he would start our upstairs remodeling last September, so we emptied out our upstairs in August, and everything has been piled in our living room and bedroom ever since. I had a feeling he would not start until February, but now it is March. We are thankful to get him even if we do have to wait. (Very rural area with horrible contractors and "experts"...well, people pretending to be experts. I didn't know there was a hole until I leaned in with a camera to see what was going on. They said they sealed it when they installed it. Obviously not, if I go by the jagged looking sheetrock....See MoreViking Vent hood installation
Comments (3)Does this hood have an internal blower? (A) If not, I would recommend you purchase a 1000 CFM or greater nominal (zero static pressure) flow rate blower and decide whether to put it on an outside wall or on the roof, with a 10-inch duct between the hood and blower. The longer roof path may allow adding a silencer from Fantech. Selection will depend on house architecture and allocated cost. (B) If supplied with blower, duct either path as described above without the external blower or silencer. I am only guessing here, but suspect your existing wall vent will be too small for the blower you need to use so if you choose that direct option, some carpentry will be required. Please dredge through the many hood threads here to gain insight into what your goals are and what the requirements are for good ventilation. Also note that a make-up air (MUA) system will be needed in most locations....See MoreHood Vent & Ducting Installation
Comments (1)Typically, if the blower is in the hood, rather than mounted remotely, the motor is accessed by removing the hood baffle filters and disconnecting the blower from the hood structure. A receptacle/plug scheme would be used for the motor, but hard wiring into a box may also be used. In other words, all access is from below. The duct should have a damper at the hood and at the exterior mounting location. I suggest that blowers be mounted remotely, if feasible. This reduces noise a little or (with an intermediate silencer) a lot. Obviously, a duct from the hood to the blower via some path is needed. External blowers typically have dampers as part of their assembly. See Broan for examples....See MoreCircus Peanut
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