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HELP! Which Size Hood Range to Choose?
Comments (6)The Sonya looks like some of the Chinese made hoods that are being marketed under various brand names (Euro Cavalier, Spagno Venuto (?), Ancona). I think they might be all the same manufacturer branded for different markets and retailers. I'm planning to go to the showroom to check out the ones that are on kitchenhoods.ca. From what I have read on this forum, the Chinese government has been subsidizing steel. We ended up buying a really nicely designed Chinese-made sink that was a deal, possibly because of the steel subsidy? These Chinese-made hood brands are a cheaper alternative to pro-style hoods from established brands. Reviews tend to be pretty good but few in number so it's hard to tell whether they have the quality that we are looking for. They publish their Sone ratings for each CFM setting, which I like. I'm looking at the kitchenhoods.ca Chinese-made ones, and Kobe....See MoreRanges, ranges, & more ranges! Please help!
Comments (12)I installed a similar range in my 1957 house. All I needed was a new pro style range/large demand appliance gas connector. About $35 at local plumbing supply store. Some Home Depot/Lowes carry them. I have been on this site for two years and have never heard of a single person have problem with their new high powered range because it put such a load on the natural gas pipe feed that it required new larger pipes. If you have some crazy set up like heated pool,natural gas BBQ in the backyard, several natural gas powered fireplaces etc in theory you could need your gas lines to be re-piped. No actual person I know in real life or these forums have had that problem. Ideally, you want a 600 cfm hood for this range to have all the burners and broiler on full blast and the hood venting properly. That is going to be less than 1% of your time in front of the range. I would also ask contractor or city hall if they have a limit for range hood cfm before you must install costly make up air. If the limit is something like 400 cfm I would do that. That is good enough for two burners going full blast and oven at 350. I could live with a slightly hot kitchen on that super rare occasion to have the performance of this range and avoid costly make up air. All new ranges require the house electricity to be grounded for the simmer to work properly. If your house is really old and the electrical is not grounded you should do it for safety reasons, like preventing a house fire, Properly working simmer is just a bonus. Electricians in Los Angeles charge about $500-$800 to do that. I never actually bought anything from 2good4sale. I have gone to their brick and mortar store in Chatsworth CA. I bid on a Subzero refrigerator and a Bluestar stove but did not win those auctions. In any event these AR ranges are far superior to Electrolux ranges. I never buy extended warranties for anything. Warranty companies have actuaries that price the warranty so they are almost certainly come out ahead, like gambling in Vegas. I only buy insurance when I simply can not self insure like House and Auto, and then I get piece of mind. I have money in my checking account to repair a gas stove or a refrigerator. Below I found the range at Elite Appliances for $3100 with free shipping . I bought trim pieces for my built-in refrigerator and a wok grate for my range from them. Here is a link that might be useful: LINK...See MoreRange Hood Help - in-line fantech but which hood?
Comments (21)In principle, any hood with an internal blower could be gutted of the blower and operated with an in-line or roof mounted blower. (GreenDesigns may have meant that using it while leaving the blower inside would be a poor plan.) I can imagine construction details that might cause non-optimal internal hood flow patterns, but I have no detailed knowledge of the internal construction of myriad hoods to know whether such are prevalent. There may be nanny jurisdictions that would claim that code approval of the hood was violated when it had its blower removed. Any hood available for order without a blower likely is fully compatible with an external blower. This, of course, can be confirmed with the manufacturer. The most important adaptation requirement is that the blower be continuously controllable, and that the hood control be a continuous motor control. A hood with just a few motor speed positions on a switch might require a compatibly-wired motor. While a multi-position hood control could in principle be replaced by a continuous control, par. 2 may apply. When I was doing my kitchen reno, I chose a compatible hood/roof blower combination (supplied by Wolf) because the entire scope of the project (gutting and reconstructing part of a house) made playing with the details of the blower circuit a side project of tertiary importance that I couldn't afford the time to deal with. As it happens, inside my Wolf (Independent) hood is a diac/triac motor control circuit, about the simplest design available that goes back to the '70s. The compatible Wolf (Broan) roof blower uses a typical induction motor that is easily controlled by this type of circuit. The cost versus time value trade-off needs to be considered when dealing with issues like this. kas...See MoreHelp! Which Plan for Storage around the Range Do You Prefer?
Comments (85)Ice, thanks for posting your lovely kitchen. I struggle with visualizing ideas, so it is really helpful! Funky, if we go with additional lighting I think you are right that the sconces are going to work better with the look and small space. It also makes a lot of sense to add a little additional light - it can always be turned down - and to have a couple lights that are task-specific or for mood. The artwork idea is so fun. I'm going to have to think about this! I also have that evil powder room wall, if I could find the right decoration. There's something terribly pleasing about having begun the kitchen planning with the thought, "Oh my, where am I going to put all my stuff? How is this ever going to work?" and to be drawing toward the conclusion and be thinking things like, "My storage plan around the range should be nothing, or art. Bbtrix, Thanks for hunting out this pictures for me. The style you pictured and the placement might look really good in this situation. The pulls are a kind of a strange color, "antique pewter," so maybe hard to match. The faucet is chrome and lighting fixtures in the dining area are currently dark bronze. So ... we're already getting patchworky, for better or worse. Here are the pulls - first is the stock photo, and the second is a photo I took when investigating flooring. (We're probably about to order the brown tile on the top.) The pull looks more silvery in direct light:...See MoreRelated Professionals
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