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I'm a wood floor contractor but like most tradesmen, do mostly all other improvements myself when it comes to my own house. :Thumbs:
I'm in the planning stages of a kitchen remodel in my home.
I want to install a venting hood over the cooktop. The one we have now is non-exhausting and just pushes the smoke around the house when my wife cooks.
I have a galley kitchen on a concrete slab with a second floor above it. One of the short walls has a bay window. The other short wall and both long walls have adjoining rooms.
The vent will be on one of the long walls. To get a duct to the outside short wall (12’ away), I have to run the duct against the direction of the 2” x 8” ceiling joists; or figure out a way to get it down the length of the joists and through one of the other rooms to the outside wall (20’ away).
1. What is the standard width of a kitchen vent duct?
2. Is there a limit to the length of the duct?
3. Is two 90 deg turns the max I should make or can you do more?
4. Is it crazy to think I can somehow run the duct against the joists with out building a soffit?
Thanks Guys
I'm in the planning stages of a kitchen remodel in my home.
I want to install a venting hood over the cooktop. The one we have now is non-exhausting and just pushes the smoke around the house when my wife cooks.
I have a galley kitchen on a concrete slab with a second floor above it. One of the short walls has a bay window. The other short wall and both long walls have adjoining rooms.
The vent will be on one of the long walls. To get a duct to the outside short wall (12’ away), I have to run the duct against the direction of the 2” x 8” ceiling joists; or figure out a way to get it down the length of the joists and through one of the other rooms to the outside wall (20’ away).
1. What is the standard width of a kitchen vent duct?
2. Is there a limit to the length of the duct?
3. Is two 90 deg turns the max I should make or can you do more?
4. Is it crazy to think I can somehow run the duct against the joists with out building a soffit?
Thanks Guys