Hey:
I want to build a custom hood for my kitchen ’cause I don’t like the metal ones too much. My idea is to buy a stainless steel commerical hood sans fan, frame around it, drywll, plaster and paint. I’l run duct up and place the exhaust fan on the roof. Anyone built a custom hood like you see on these home website (garden web, e.g.)? Is this a dumb idea or at least dumb way to do it?
Thanks.
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There is a company that makes components to seel separately for situations like this. I can't recall the name offhand tho.
Both Thermador and Viking have an option of a removed location fan unit. Fantech might also
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Try Vent-A Hood
http://www.ventahood.com
http://www.imperialhoods.comI have one of theirs and it is good, if not great. The price point is somewhere in between the junkers and the Vikings.
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Fan is a commercial ventilator mounted 15' away on side of house, I don't have a pic of that I'll post that later.
Not the best pics I have better somewhere.
& the material is silicon bronze
Unless you have a jet engine powering that fan, I have my doubts whether that hood is going to be worth a plug nickel. Let us know how it works.
Jet might be too much how about a turbo prop.
I have a Penn power ventilator on the out side
It actually works better than I thought it would----- I need to put a speed control on it. The fan is fairly quiet, it's just moving so much air it sounds like a wind storm.
penn DX13Q 1300 cfm 1/4 hp
Heres a couple that we did that completely hides the SS hood.
Sorry about the two pix, scanning doesn't make for the best picture!
Doug
Great work!
in my former life i use to build rest. & bars... and alot of commerical kitchens...
and just about always had to adapt or build a hood... in commerical situations you had to deal with fire & building & health dept codes... and seems non of em ever talked to each other... was always fun...
but to your question... an exterior fan should be no problem... hor or vert discharge (wall or roof exit) stainless, mild steel, galv, copper, all would work... all need to be 100% sealed at every seam all the way to the roof or wall fan... when u get to larger fans you need to consider make up air... or you will suck all ur heated or cooled air out of the whole house... the pictured custom bronze hood looks great... but i doubt it'd catch most smoke unless it had a huge fan... real hoods need lips and the closer to the smoke source the better (lower)... i've seen (and will build one soon) 11 or 12ga mild steel hoods with wire tack welded to the outside and then stucco'd or tiled over (the tack welded wire gives the mortor something to grip)...
any sheet metal shop should be able to bend/weld you up anything you want...
what you should consider is... wider than your cooking area (a few inches) deep (tall) is good... ... you just want to over cover your heat/ cooking area if you can... all this is if it's a serious stove (commerical type)... comes down to it's just a metal box face'n down catch'n heat & smoke.. bigger the box smaller the fan needs to be (vs a huge fan try'n to direct (suck) the air where you want..) ck granger or ebay for fans
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Bestbybroan.com
will sell you everything you need for this application. It is traditionally bought in component format and then assembled onsite.
A fan at the end of the run is referred to as a remote or external fan.
Fan rating requirements are determined from size of hood and length of duct run plus elbows.
Hope this helps.
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Fantech makes kits that include a fan and hood liner. You can custom build to suit. The Fantech products are excellent.
http://www.fantech.net/accessories5.htm