If you can go the solar or wind power route, that would be much quieter. When you say "provide the energy for a mid-size home" what exactly does that mean? Electric water heater? Air conditioning? Jacuzzi pumps? (Less load on the generator means you can run it less.) Also, is there a battery bank with inverter or is the house running directly off the generator? Have you figured out how many watts you will need? Some things won't run on a generator. I have a fish tank air pump (of all odd things) that won't run on the generator but runs just fine on the inverter. The washing machine gets goofy with the generator, but does fine with the inverter. The inverter puts out a modified sine wave and I'm not sure what the generator puts out. I think our current one is a Coleman, but I'm not sure, it's been ages since I've looked in it's "hut". We will be getting a diesel generator (with a starter motor! YAY!) soon to replace the gas one. Will this be a vacation home or a full time residence? If you live there full time you will probably want a better system than if it is just for "vacation" use. I think in my "ideal" generator setup, it would run on propane, be about 4 KW feeding a battery bank with two inverters (stacked). Probably about 16 to 24 batteries and a 24V system into the battery bank. Most of the system power would be from solar panels, but the generator would come on for heavy loads and when the battery bank got low. An automatic off/on triggered by the battery bank's charge state would be lovely. We have about 3/4ths of this set up now. Use less power, then you won't have to make as much!

Stacy, Covered Bridge is an American company, however they do their manufacturing in Cambodia. This doesn't detract from the quality of the cabinets from what I can see. As a designer that works for a large dealer that sells 10 different kitchen cabinet lines, I can tell you that I originally was hesitant to sell them when they first came on board. After seeing the displays come in, along with numerous success stories from other designers, I decided to give it a try. Since I started pushing the product, I've gotten nothing but positive feedback. The designers love it because the company has many options, and is very reasonable with custom requests. The homeowners love it because it's a custom cabinet that prices as reasonably as semi-custom, and the facility has excellent quality control that bypasses much of the headaches normally associated with kitchen projects. Don't let the origin of the product scare you. I would go to a Covered Bridge dealer and see the product in person. The quality speaks for itself.

People here have not memorized hood model numbers. But looking at the website page (which you did not provide), the HBN1306SS appears to be a hood insert, not an entire hood. Are you looking for an entire hood or an insert? Your brief post did not say. In any case, I do not recommend its "hybrid baffle filter". That is actually mesh filters covered by some baffles. What you want are true baffle filters, not "hybrid baffle filters". I also dislike the insert depth of 11-7/8" deep. That is not deep enough. I advise a hood that is 22" deep. https://bestrangehoods.com/product/built-in/hbn1306ss

I read the lower quality quartz has larger percent of resin. And what about warranty?