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I have a customer (known them for 20+years) who asked me to install their new replacement Jenn-Air downdraft electric stove.
Once we got there they mentioned that the vent always let in alot of cold air.
So we took a cabinet out and took the vent out. Vent is almost flush with the deck.
Vent door had a weak spring that was not connected and old weather stripping. Vent cover stood open about 1/2″.
And there was a poor job of air sealing around the vent. Wall is 2×6 with brick. No blocking just SR cut out and the plate cut out.
My question is does anyone know of a good 3 1/2 x 10″ vent that will seal up reliably.
The Jenn-Air site featured a standard vent with no discription.
I have a local lumber yard shipping me a Broan vent for my inspection.
Thanks for the help. Below is pic from Jenn-Air site.
Rich
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Don't know of a good rectangular vent.
Our stove vent feeds up into a fabricated sheet metal box that is located on top of the ceiling drywall (buried in the insulation). The box outlet is a gasketed, spring loaded round damper (Fantech or American Aldes) that is then ducted to the roof vent. Also removed the damper in the stove and roof vent.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks
Rich
Rich,
If there is a difference between the vent in the picture and the vent you're getting from Broan, I'd be surprised.
Anyway, I think the Broan works OK. It does leak some, but no big deal.
Sounds like they had an installation problem as much as a hardware problem.
Ron
Ron
The Broan looks like it will work. We are going now to install it.
Yes the installation was a big part of the problem.
Rich
I think you'll have better results with the Broan. I just installed a vent that looks like the one in your photo, along with a new range hood from Broan. The vent's spring is weak; it has to be if the airstream is going to blow it open. But one problem may be in the range hood itself. My new Broan hood also has a spring-activated baffle, so there's two lines of defense against air infiltration through the vent. And of course, it pays to inject foam around the opening. Good luck.
tsfixit
Thanks for the reply.
I decided the Broan would work. At the time of the OP I had not seen it yet.
It has a small external torsion spring that kept the vent closed.
I reworked the exist hole through the 2x6 wall and the brick. Installed the vent with urethane caulk and then foamed the vent in from the inside.
Now the Jenn-Air will be different matter. The blower motor and the intake from the stove have been moved from the orginal stove, right where the exhaust used to be.
I am going to have be real creative with elbows to exit the stove, go under a corner cabinet and connect with the Broan. Corner cabinet is removed.
Part of the countertop is removed because of a fire at the home and new solid surface tops are ordered. Not by me though.
I'll work it out. Thanks again to all, I just wanted to know if there was something better out there.
Rich