Many times your choice depends on where your range is located.
Vent range hood through wall or roof.
Range hoods are typically vented using a special duct work that runs through a roof and less often through an exterior wall of your house.
A wall vent is the most common type of range hood vents and is ideal for most house based kitchen situations.
First remember that there is a lot of grease and moisture in that exhaust just think of how dirty that filter gets.
Ducted range hoods are hoods that vent outside your home.
Kitchen range hood vented through roof.
This type is most effective in eliminating damp and stale air that accumulates in the kitchen.
I have a range that is located against an outside brick wall in a one story kitchen with a flat roof.
The best exhaust fan venting is through smooth rigid ducts with taped joints and screwed to a special vent hood.
We have 1 floor ranch.
It is installed much like an exhaust fan and works by expelling the heat directly from the kitchen in a straight passageway.
They can go through your cabinetry ceiling or straight through the wall behind the hood.
Vern has a range hood on an inside wall and is wondering if he could just use the hollow wall cavity or should he line it and could he just vent into the attic because the attic itself is vented.
For the range hood duct vent is it more effective to go straight up to the roof or go up then bend 90 degree to vent out of the exterior wall.
So if you vent.
Another consideration is where to vent the hood.
If you decide to vent through the roof go all the way out to clear air through the roof and don t just vent it into the attic.
To avoid going through the brick wall can i vent the hood straight up through roof.
While this can be done through the ceiling and out through the roof it s best to go through an outside wall because there s less need for waterproofing.
They are fitted with a duct that carries air contaminants through pipes to the exterior of the home.
The vent exhausts outside either to an exterior wall or the rooftop.
Vent your bath and kitchen exhaust fans through the roof through a special roof hood.
If it sits on an inside wall venting through the attic and out is a better option but if it is on an outside wall it is more practical to vent through the wall.
Venting through a roof vent or exhausting them in the attic could cause moisture problems and rot.
There are actually a lot of interesting questions there vern.