Anyone ever installed a Wolf range hood? I have a 30″ with their blower and my general contractor is afraid of the install. I can’t see that there is much to it, just that the transition from square to round is part of the kit. Any experience?
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What specifically is he AFRAID of?
Is it just this particular range hood or all in general?
I think he is afraid of installing a high cost item and damaging it, not really sure. I could not see that it varied from any other. Just a 10" pipe on top and that was it.Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities- Voltaire
Is the blower internal or external? Sometimes the external blower can complicate things a little bit. Also, is it going straight out of the back of the wall, or does the 10" pipe have to go up (i.e. through a cabinet), elbow, and then go out? He may have to rework the cabinets, or if there aren't any, possibly building down a soffit, etc to hide the duct. They can be a real PITA sometimes. I put one in a house that another builder had started (on a slab) and when the HVAC guy started to cut the hole for the vent (2 weeks before closing) we found the following in the stud bay:
1. gas line
2. 10/3 220 volt line (both for the matching Wolf dual fuel range below)
3. 12/2 line for ?
4. 3 (THREE) linesets (for every HVAC unit in the house)
5. Condensation drain for one of the aformentioned units
Needless to say, we ended up going up, not straight out, reworking cabinets, building the soffit above the cabinet, and ultimately putting the elbow turning out in the floor system above.
Other than that, not too bad...
p.s. Somewhere along the line, the door to the range was scratched. Ever price a new Wolf range door? I think it ended up costing more than the entire range in my house.
It goes straight up and out, unrestricted, where the old vent was. We added a new larger roofjack to accomodate the larger cfm. It has internal blowers which sit inside the hood. I think the run from ceiling to roofjack is a whopping 12 inches or so due to having a very low pitch roof.Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities- Voltaire
No experience with Wolf, but I am about to put in a 36" Capital (similar to DCS) 1200 cfm hood and I don't see how it can be difficult. Sure, there's some worry about damaging a $2000 hood, but you simply attach it to the wall (is the blocking in there, or how will you hang it?), connect the duct to the roof cap, and hook up the electric. Everything else is just cosmetic. Mine goes out the wall, not the roof, so I have a transition from 3-1/2 x 18 rectangular to 10" round immediately above the hood, and then a 10" round duct through the wall connecting to the wall cap outside.