Thanks for your input...This is a customer situation, but our local inspector said he would pass either venting arrangement. I'll just have to make our owner aware of the situation and let him decide. I'm just trying provide him with a correct assesment of how well re-using his current ducting...
Anything is possible! Reusing some of the existing sheetmetal and avoiding drywall damage for cost savings is the idea here. Unless someone convinces me of why my desired arrangement won't work so well I'm going to forego the blower warranty and have it installed that way. That's the way the...
This is a remodel project. The current hood venting runs into the basement and then out above the foundation wall. Venting the hood up, while not impossible, would be a much more involved task and that's what we are trying to avoid. The blower filter is designed to trap all the grease before...
I think I had it the right way, they won't warranty an arrangement where the hood is ducted down into the basement. They (Best by Broan tech support)told me thier hoods are only warrantied when the ducting runs up or horizontal due to static pressure problems. Which I didn't understand. We've...
I was hoping someone may be able to educate me on the static pressure differences in venting a kitchen hood up towards the roof or down towards the basement. Why would a blower be warrantied in the first arrangement, but not the second? Much appreciated....