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Footprint vent: a vent about house size
Comments (6)Yeah, these will be the next generations Victorian Mansions, split into lots of little apartments. Then the next generation after that will move in and restore them and gentrify the neighborhood and raise the complaint of taking away afordable housing. Nah, that can't happen, these houses aren't well made enough to last that long....See MoreDirect vent fireplace venting questions
Comments (13)Thanks for your input, Renovator8. That fireplace has been through a few transitions. It was first an Isokern masonry like fireplace but to save some money we changed it to a b-vent on the plans. Once we placed the house on the lot, it became apparent that the b-vent pipe would be viewable from the street, and would have to be fairly high due to the slope of the roof. The initial hope was to hide the b/vent pipe from view behind the upstairs Isokern chimney, but the house is oriented in a way that it is viewable on approach, even though not seen in the front or back yard. We then changed to an direct vent. The whole reason for the direct vent was to not vent to the roof, so I would like to avoid that. We have a couple of options with the Montebello like running them behind a bookshelf in the dead space and then over a boxed bay bumpout, but the pipe is so big it may make it not feasible. I don't think we have enough rise available to run it over the master bedroom tray ceiling above, unfortunately, because that will vent out the side of a house above the a/c in a very inconspicuous place....See MoreVent hood/venting question
Comments (1)Going straight up would be a little more effective but, yes you can make a 90 degree turn. Each 90 turn is equivalent to adding xxx feet of ducting but that shouldn't be a real problem with a powerful hood....See MoreSIZE Question custom built wood hood & vent insert
Comments (2)No wood can be closer than 30" to the cooking surface. It's 36" with some ranges. So you need to read the specs of your range. And understand them. Most have a prohibition against using deeper than 13" cabinets directly against the hood. So you make the hood wider. You also need to know the width of the corbels so that they can be outside that combustible zone. A 36" cooking surface needs a minimum 42"wide vent above it. With your decorative corbels, I'd increase that to 48". You also need at least 27" of front to back depth in order to capture the cooking byproducts. Yea, you need a liner, and a blower. Start there and build the hood around the option that you choose. you need to understand about code, cabinet construction, and overall proportion and aesthetics to do this successfully. Or just choose from your cabinet company's predesigned hood and blower combinations that you know will work....See Morejeff kinal
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