07-21-2018, 08:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2018, 11:14 PM by DogwoodTales.)
ome of you may recall my thread from a couple years ago about venting a kitchen stove with a higher CFM unit and make-up air.
Well I'm finally getting around to this! (life is busy for this family man)
I will be installing a Zephyr 600cfm unit with a make-up air kit.
My question to you here is where do you think is the best place for the make-up air to enter the kitchen?
I have a small kitchen and I have 3 options for where the make-up air can enter the kitchen (see image below or click here for link).
Option A - install make-up air unit directly behind the stove and install a wide/narrow vent to direct the make-up air to the top of the stove.
Option B - install make-up air unit directly behind the stove and just let it find it's way behind and around the stove
Option C - install the make-up air at the basement level and direct the make-up air to a vent in the toe-kick of the kitchen cabinet.
Option A seems like it will reduce the efficiency of the make-up air.
Option B might cause the range to work harder to stay hot.
Option C offers cross ventilation, but it is more work and sacrifices some storage space we have above cabinets along that wall in the basement.
I'm kinda leaning towards option C.
So what would you do?
thanks for your replies!
Well I'm finally getting around to this! (life is busy for this family man)
I will be installing a Zephyr 600cfm unit with a make-up air kit.
My question to you here is where do you think is the best place for the make-up air to enter the kitchen?
I have a small kitchen and I have 3 options for where the make-up air can enter the kitchen (see image below or click here for link).
Option A - install make-up air unit directly behind the stove and install a wide/narrow vent to direct the make-up air to the top of the stove.
Option B - install make-up air unit directly behind the stove and just let it find it's way behind and around the stove
Option C - install the make-up air at the basement level and direct the make-up air to a vent in the toe-kick of the kitchen cabinet.
Option A seems like it will reduce the efficiency of the make-up air.
Option B might cause the range to work harder to stay hot.
Option C offers cross ventilation, but it is more work and sacrifices some storage space we have above cabinets along that wall in the basement.
I'm kinda leaning towards option C.
So what would you do?
thanks for your replies!
Ray