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Problem with venting Wolf Hood - PW482418R. Help!

11 years ago

Hi all,

Just grabbing a moment to post - I have been reading all your well wishes in the other thread and will respond too. Really appreciate it so much. : )

As many of you know the flip side of this happy time has been a major issue with our (now ex) GC. It has turned even nastier since I last posted about it - all from his side might I add.

We are trying to extricate ourselves from the situation but the stress and expense are just awful (for example a week to respond to a legal letter threatening liens and litigation over the July 4th holiday and due date for the birth of our child. The guy is a real gem).

Still we are plowing forward as best we can and at least trying to get some semblance of a kitchen in place as it would make life with our little one so much easier.

I will say that while we are exhausted she has brought great joy that more than eclipses the nonsense with ahole GC - but he is doing his very best to make this time as stressful as possible. We are trying not to let him make us miserable and thereby let him win.

Anyway our current challenge is that none of the appliance specs were followed so we have cabinets in place with no prep for appliances.

The biggest problem is the hood which was not framed and vented at all.

The hood we bought was a floor model so we we t ahead and had it delivered so we could see exactly what needed to be done and it looks like it is designed to be vented through the top.

As this wasn't prepared for, we now can't do it like that without causing major damage to the kitchen and master bedroom above. We really need it to vent out the back. A call today to the appliance store has given us some hope that the venting can be moved to the back, but he didn't sound sure.

I know for sure that we vented a 36" low profile Wolf hood through the back, but don't remember what the situation was with the last 48" we had as the GC took care of all of that stuff and the ceilings in that kitchen were 10ft compared to our current 8ft ceiling height which doesn't give the room to go up and elbow out.

Anyone else come across this issue? If the vent only goes through the top, we have a major, major problem.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Comments (5)

gregincal
11 years ago
Yes, we had the exact same issue. We had a viking hood we ordered, but when the cabinets came I realized we didn't have room to vent out the top and bend out the wall. We had our HVAC person seal up the top and cut a hole in the back for venting, no problem. We then attached the mounting plate for the blower to the back instead of the top. A vent hood is basically just a sheet metal box.
auroraborelis
11 years ago
hoboken - I don't have any suggestions regarding your hood, though from what gregincal wrote it does sound as if there is a solution!

I seriously can't believe that your ex-GC is still contacting and threatening you when he screwed up this badly. I wasn't quite sure from what you said above regarding responding to a legal letter - have you involved a lawyer at this point?
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annac54
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I don't have a suggestion for your particular problem, but would suggest that you maybe try to get in touch with one of the technical people at Wolf. Maybe your appliance store can give you the number.

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hobokenkitchen
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks! The venting for the hood and plumbing for the fridge are really the only things holding us up from getting appliances so we hope it can be sorted out soon!

Calling Wolf directly is a good idea. We'll try that.

We had to get an attorney involved after we received the letter from the GC's attorney. I can't post the details at this point really (at least not under this name), but you wouldn't believe it. Saying that the guys is a piece of work is an understatement. There is nothing I would like more than to post every detail but probably sensible to keep quiet for a bit and see what happens. If I never hear his name again it will be too soon. At this point he disgusts me at every level.
ex007
11 years ago
We have the same Wolf hood but in the 36" model. Your model can be vented horizontally, per Wolf's website, but requires an additional kit. Here's the link:

http://www.subzero-wolf.com/resources/products/downloads/QRPW24.pdf

Good luck!

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