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Heat register in toe kick?

16 years ago

Trying to figure out where to relocate our heat register. It's been suggested that we put it in the toe kick under the sink. I had that in my old kitchen and didn't care for it because it heated up everything in the cabinet above it.

That said, anyone have one in the toe kick under their bank of wall microwave, oven, and pan drawer? Figuring that it's going to be hot there anyway .....

For it - against it?

Thanks all!

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boxiebabe
Original Author

16 years ago

Okie dokie, that was helpful. The old kitchen vent must not have been done correctly.
Thanks!

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pcjs
16 years ago
Ours in next to the fridge under the cabinet with our pots... never noticed the cabinet or anything in it getting warm and its been in for a year.
jimandanne_mi
16 years ago
I was also concerned about the air conditioning on my toes in the summer--I hate having cold feet! So I looked for a part of the toe kick where I usually wouldn't be standing. That turned out to be the side of the island opposite the prep sink under a cabinet with pans.

Anne
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Oh thanks Mike---I'll check into those options. The HVAC PM said they would have to special order the duct and asked for my husband to send him the measurement for the ducts to the toe kicks. The kitchen one is extremely close to the front of the toekick -we'd originally planned for a furring wall on our log wall (so the cabinet was thought to be placed 3 inches further out from the wall when the ducts were put in) -and then later, removed the furring wall so the cabinets will go directly on the logs. The cabinet guys said the duct will work fine--it will just be a small space after the 90 degree to the toe kick register. The cabinet guys are here-they said they could leave the toe kick off so that the duct could be installed later--but I dont know how its going to happen with the cabinet already in place even without the toe kick--we may need to cut out the floor of the cabinet in order to secure the duct...tbd. To make it more complicated-its on unsealed gypcrete--so we cant screw anything into the floor-and will need to seal around it if we want to glue anything to the floor (we've been told its impossible to get things to glue to unsealed gypcrete long term. Oh man. Appreciate your help.
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sue36
16 years ago
It shouldn't heat everything in the cabinet up if it is done properly. A duct must be installed rather than just having the air exit into the space under the cabinet. The under cabinet duct can be put just about anywhere, but the reason for putting it at the sink is then it heats an area where you are frequently standing. Our 16x24 kitchen only has two heat ducts, the one under the sink and one in front of the non-moving side of the sliding glass door.
pcjs
16 years ago
This is what ours looks:
imrainey
16 years ago
We have two of them in the master bath. They were there when we bought the house and I'm not sure why the previous owner chose toe kick heating instead of a conventional vent.

I hate them. They're very noisy. That could be amplified by the marble but I wouldn't ever choose them unless there wasn't an alternative.

I don't think I'd mount them halfway up a wall either (if I'm understanding what you're proposing). You'd be standing right in front of direct heat. Are you sure that's what you want?

Sorry if it's not what you want to hear but I'd want to know what I had to consider before I made a decision like that.
Nancy in Mich
16 years ago
I think imrainey is talking about the toekick heaters, little electric heaters that are self-contained heating units. I think the OP was just venting the forced-air furnace.
boxiebabe
Original Author
16 years ago
Yes, just a vent - not the heater. Where I am considering is on bank of cabinets where going from top to bottom is: cupboard, microwave, oven, and pot/pan drawer. Directly underneath them, on the toe kick.
imrainey
16 years ago
::in best Emily Latella voice:: Neh-ver mind.... :: slinks away::
raehelen
16 years ago
That's OK Emily, uh I mean Rainey, I learned something new. Never knew there was such a thing as a toe kick heater!
mom6
16 years ago
We have ours under the oven/micro/drawer unit it hasn't been a problem. This picture is from before the kitchen was done.
boxiebabe
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Mom, that is exactly what I was talking about. Glad to know that it hasn't been a problem. Just wanted to be sure that everything above it wasn't going to be hot - like the last one we had under our sink, which apparently, was installed incorrectly - or something like that. :)

Hehehe.. "Emily"... no worries.

Boxie

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