Vent Hood help needed please :-)

8 years ago

Hello houzz - Need advice / reviews / options for a wall mount vent hood stainless steel 36" wide.. I am looking for high cfm to capture as much as possible and quietest possible as well. What do you have? What do you like? What do you recommend? Pricing? Style?

The vent hood is going above a 30" range and vented to the outside with 3" gap on each side and we will be tiling behind vent hood up to the ceiling; budget is ??? - I would spend more for a better hood.. so between $500 and $1200

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friedajune

8 years ago

Since you provide no model numbers or specs, I can only tell you that the first one (the one on the left) looks the best because a canopy shape captures effluent better than a flat shape. You need to cross the glass one off the list.

Be aware of a hood's measurements front-to-back. The cheap ones are often only 20" or 21" deep, leaving the front burners uncovered.

If you want a quieter hood, make sure the exhaust duct diameter is 8", not smaller. But be realistic - no motor hung at a person's head height is going to be quiet. People just aren't realistic about that. Think how noisy a typical bathroom fan is and they are usually only around 85 cfms. You could install an external motor if you want quiet, but be prepared to pay $$$ for that.

Also, avoid mesh filters, and try to get a hood with baffle filters instead.

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User
8 years ago
Ventahood.
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friedajune
8 years ago
Is that a refrigerator against a wall? If so, you may not be able to open the door more than a little bit.
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fifamom
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8 years ago
@sophie wheeler - the cheapest ventahood is $1500... A bit over budget and the vent is 6" and depth is 21" - what is your 2nd best so I have options?

@friedajune - to the right of fridge is a hallway and the fridge is in a fridge 'cabinet' and the wall has been cut back to back wall.. I had to change the original plan of having fridge on the other side of kitchen because I need 17" clearance to get door totally open; I did not provide model numbers or specs - those were just photos of the 3 styles I found.. so you suggest canopy shape with minimum 8" vent at least 24 deep with baffle filters? I will hunt for that.. Thanks to you both!
User
8 years ago
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Faber. Good isn’t cheap. Cheap isn’t good. And you will need a Make Up Air system as well.
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opaone
8 years ago
There are dozens of hood discussions on here. Have you done a search and read through some of the threads?

More: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5161173/hood-faq
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kevinande
8 years ago
I have a Faber rated at 400 CFM at low and medium it's not bad on the noise level, however on high it sounds like a freight train. As another posted noted be realistic about noise levels, If you really want it to do what it is designed for. If you just want looks, then just pick whatever looks nice to you. The only other option as the other posted noted is mount the motor portion in a remote area, but be prepared to spend top dollar for that setup. I personally don't like glass because it's a pain to keep clean.
kaseki
8 years ago
A hood's function is capture and containment. Capture is mainly determined by entry aperture overlap of rising and expanding cooking plumes; containment is mainly determined by air flow rate past the baffles or mesh filter media. For these to work together well, there should be some capture volume between the entry aperture and the filtering assembly. The greater the mis-match between filter area and aperture, the deeper the containment volume should be.

In general, you can (at best) have only two out of performance, affordability, and aesthetics. Affordability is relative; there will be a minimum cost for adequate performance no matter how much aesthetics is ignored.

Hood configurations that pay at least some homage to commercial designs (which are designed for performance and efficiency) will be better at capture and containment than more divergent designs. (The glass design, for example, has no capture volume, and the capture area is mainly the central filter assembly. This can be easily visualized by recalling conservation of momentum and applying it to rising and expanding hot greasy smoky cooking effluent striking the glass and reflecting.)
iamtiramisu
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
Check out Victory Range Hoods out of Canada (they ship to the US, I am in new england). They had the best specs/CFM for the best price and we are VERY happy with our range hood. Compared to the old Broan we had and others I have heard, ours (the Tofino model) is crazy quiet and the company was amazing to work with. Their customer service was fantastic.

ETA: https://www.kitchenhoods.ca/shop/
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User
8 years ago
All of the hoods carried by Victory do not look to be manufactured in Canada. Just imported as fully completed parts and large sub assemblies. Sorta the flat pack of range hoods. It does look to have some brands being final assembled there, and warehoused there. That's the nature of a lot of globally sourced materials today. I'd like to see exactly where they are manufactured though.
iamtiramisu
8 years ago
The Cook’s KitChen - true enough on all counts. OP asked for high CFM, as quiet as possible, and within a certain price range - so my response was based on those factors as well as personal experience. When we were remodeling, we were looking for the same things (plus rear vented) and Victory hit all of those points. That, in addition to the great service we received and the fact that our hood has been working flawlessly for a few years now, was the reason for the recommendation.
Bruce in Northern Virginia
8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
We had them build a custom surround and trim it out to coordinate with the backsplash. We then used a vent-a-hood insert inside the surround. It was a large 48" range, so IIRC the hood was rated at 900 cfm and it had a 10" vent. I don't remember the price, but it was not cheap. It also has multiple fans, and its not quiet when they are all turned on high.

Bruce