Well since the wife and I had finished our first upholstery job in
Independence I was ready for a home job instead of working for someone else.
I had been talking about venting the range hood. A very old greasy non
ducted thing over the gas cooktop. I had previously bought some three inch
duct and a elbow. I wanted to vent it through the back into a basement
stairway void. Thinking I could cut a hole in the attic and reach
everything from there. Well the more I touched the old hood and measured I
became convinced a new hood would be a lot cleaner to handle. I had
expected to clean the old one, but without the help of a steam cleaner which
would probably removed the paint also I knew it would never come really
clean.. We priced some at Lowes one night. One suited us, wife. But all
referred to venting through the top. I did not want to steal any cabinet
space knowing a completele stairway void was behind it. A couple of days
latter at Home Depot we found one to our liking, . It said it vented 7
inches up or three by 10 to the back or side. Purchased siad item. By the
way, what ever happened to the Twenty nine ninety five hoods? I also
purchased a dryer set of louvers for the outside and a reducer from three
inch to four. Well a coupple a days latter the instruction and the size of
the fan blade sunk in. I needed about 30 square inches for this thing to
operate good. Remember pi r squared for a seven inch round or thre times
ten. Well forget the three inch. Although I notice the non ducted option
out the frount of the hood is only about two by three inches. Any to make a
long story shorter I decided to run four inch. Back to Home Depot to pick
up a four inch hole saw and some four inch ducting.. I knew this would be
smaller than recommended but way larger than the ductless space. Anyway
after cutting the hole in the attic I saw i could neither reach down to the
range hood hole or out to the esterior wall. So I was able to reach the
exterior with a drill and was able to fish a piec of wire into the hood
hole. So now with way too many trips into the attic I have the pulled from
hole to hole and the louvers fastened to the duct with the worm clamp and
pushed into the exterior hole. Long day, I quit. Latter I can fasten the
louvers to the siding and caulk. I need to make another attic run and
install some hanger to support the ducting so it doesn't droop in the
horizontal run of around six feet. Anyway I think the hard work is done.
Ron
