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Workaround for off-center range hood vent?

6 years ago

Is there any solution for a wall-mounted range hood when the ceiling vent is off-center?

My home is from the 1930's and I believe the ceiling vent is from the original old stove. When I had the house re-roofed last year I made sure there would still be ventilation for a future range hood. But as you can see in the pictures, it is off center from where the range is. It's about 7.5" to the left. I would really hate to lose that counterspace as my kitchen is very small and counters are limited. I've been living with the stove on the end of the cabinets like this and like it just fine.

Is there any workaround for this? Or will I have to choose between counterspace and a range hood? For the record, I am not really interested in more cabinetry above the stove.

What about something like this? (Not that I can find the source!! I've looked.)

Thanks!

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kaseki

6 years ago

I expect companies such as ModernAire can build a hood with the duct interface wherever it needs to be, particularly if an in-line or external blower is used. In any case, that ceiling hole looks small; what are the sectional dimensions? Is there an attic between that hole and the roof?

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Astrid C
Original Author
6 years ago
kaseki - No attic space. The hole is 5x5".
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cluelessincolorado
6 years ago
I saw this on the ModernAire website earlier tonight.
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Anthony C
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
our zephyr has a hood extension that is as wide as the hood. In your case the duct would start centered over the range and then angle up to the actual hole in the ceiling. You would likely have to patch the part of the ceiling outside the width of the range. A proper sized hood should have 3" of overhang on each side.

https://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/AK7536BS.html
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catinthehat
6 years ago
If it was me, I would go into the attic and see if it was easy just to move the vent over. Very good chance it is. Then it's a matter of cutting a new hole in the ceiling and patching the areas visible. After that you can basically choose the hood you want! Stay under 400 cfm, find something nice and in your budget, good luck!
Astrid C thanked catinthehat
kaseki
6 years ago
Also, an 8-inch hole is advised for a modest but adequate hood. 5 x 5 is too small for even a 6-inch duct.

Is the roof directly above the hole, or is there another finished room up there?
Astrid C thanked kaseki
Astrid C
Original Author
6 years ago
kaseki Thanks, this is all new info for me! It sounds like that hole will have to be widened. No there is no room above! Just a little bit of air space and then a Spanish tile roof.
kaseki
6 years ago
I hope there is a duct there to a roof cap. Dumping greasy air into an attic space is a no-no.
Astrid C thanked kaseki
stevep2005
6 years ago
If you didn't want to go full-width like Anthony's example, VentAHood and others have duct covers that will let you mount the wall hood then use an off-set attachment and a little angle if needed to get you to that opening, then hide the odd angle/offset. This shows a 12" cover but I'm sure there is larger, and a box of matching custom SS in the size you need is an easy custom order. VAH and others do custom. see example: https://www.ventahood.com/index.php/products/premier-magic-lung/ml-wall-mounted/ml-wm-cs?id=361&model=CWEH9-136
Astrid C
Original Author
6 years ago
kaseki - yes definitely a roof cap. Routing air into the roof sounds horrifying!!!

stevep2005 - thanks steve! I'm going to look further into that! That may be just what I need.

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