How To Instal Wall Mount Range Hood

Range hoods are intended to be placed over an oven or range to extract indoor air fumes smoke and smells.

How to instal wall mount range hood.

The devices exhaust these unwanted fumes outside. Step 2 before you begin cutting a large hole into the wall to install the vent first cut a smaller hole to see what s behind the wall. And so placing it in a wall can be ideal. Range hoods draw smoke steam and cooking aromas from your stovetop and vent them out of the house helping to refresh the air in your kitchen.

Right purchase necessary tools installation more the ideal placement for range hoods is somewhere suitable that allows extracting indoor air and fumes better. The unwanted fumes need to exit through help of range hood. Range hoods will vent either through the cabinets above or through the wall. Some range hoods have internal blowers that recirculate the air in the kitchen without external venting.

Range hood installation can involve drilling a new vent hole through a wall which can require new wiring and ductwork while replacing old ones. If for example the range supports cabinet upper venting but your existing vent pipe goes through the wall directly behind the vent you re going to have. Measure the range hood to determine where the vent comes out on the range hood and mark it on the wall. If you re buying a new range hood and dealing with a pre existing vent pipe make sure that both connect easily.