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kriskap
Feb 1st, 2009, 06:21 PM
I am looking for a range hood that will work with my existing venting (hole in the wall over the range). My last range hood was the under-cabinet version (cheapest Canadian Tire version ever to be imagined) with the back venting into the hole in the wall. I want to upgrade to something prettier that is also functional, but I'm tied to that hole in the wall, as I don't want to make a second, higher hole in the wall and don't want to vent up two floors to the roof. I don't know enough about the terminology of range hoods to know what to ask for...Is filling my vent hole and making another one a big deal?

Do you guys get what I'm talking about? Can you suggest anything nicer than the standard under the cabinet vent hood?

I thought I'd found one at Costco. It was the chimney type of range hood and had two options for venting (up through roof or out through back, but higher up than my back vent hole) and one unsuitable option. Naturally, I have the unsuitable option. !@#$%^& That's what I said when I saw the options. :)

Sorry for the convoluted description. I wish I knew the right range-hood vocabulary.... Am I doomed to the standard under-cabinet back-venting hood that has no style? Thanks for ANY help.

thebuilder
Feb 1st, 2009, 07:12 PM
is your house brick or siding it's not a big job
was the old 1 attached to the cabinet and vented straight out the back

kriskap
Feb 1st, 2009, 08:08 PM
The house is half-brick, half-siding. The current vent goes out the brick portion. The original vent hood was attached to the cabinets and went directly out back, lower, it seems, than the nice chimney hoods go. I wish I had a drawing...

sunnybono
Feb 1st, 2009, 10:37 PM
The house is half-brick, half-siding. The current vent goes out the brick portion. The original vent hood was attached to the cabinets and went directly out back, lower, it seems, than the nice chimney hoods go. I wish I had a drawing...

If the existing hole in the wall is what you have to work with and you definitely don't want to upgrade then find what exhaust fan is recommended for you type of application and sizing. When I mean sizing, if its the old type where by the vent is only 4" in diameter than your choice is limited to the cheaper vents. Mind you, you could probably find "pretty looking" cheap vents but they won't be practical. 6" in diameter is usually the standard and there are a lot of very good exhaust fans out there that require only 6" venting.

sk