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Mon, May 14, 12 at 13:11
| Dutchwood is making my wood hood 42 wide for a 36 range, how deep should it be? meaning how far should it stick out?? The actual hood goes wider than 42, but that's the part where the hood liner is.Also I think the wolf hood liner is only 22 1/2 deep so if the hood sticks out further, is that a problem? Thanks for any insight, hard to visualize, Michelle |
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| My take on this is that there's no one formula or algorithm to answer this question. It's dependent on a combination of factors: Max BTU's of the range top, effective CFM of the hood installation - not just the hood, but the whole installation, how high you will mount the hood, how tall the cooks in your house are (head bashing the hood quickly takes the fun out of cooking). Typical hood depths are 24" & 27". 24" should suffice for MOST installations unless your cooking style includes a LOT of high temp cooking. Think of the hood as an inverted (and powered) funnel - the size helps passively 'catch' the steam, grease and smoke as does the fan motor by actively drawing these items in. Size, power, how much "stuff" your cooking generates, air flow in your home, etc - all affect the equation. BUT...don't sweat it too much - putting a good BTU to CFM matched hood in place and using it accomplishes more than 90% of the battle no matter if you have a 3" side overlap or not, or if you have a 24" depth vs 27". |
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