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Posted by no one that you know on August 18, 2006, 10:37 pm
fourempties wrote:
> OK- thanks for your help. I may have to cut some of the duct pipe short
> and blow it through the baby's nusery for about 2 or 3 feet, but I can
> set up a fan to direct the air back into the ductwork before it reaches
> the corner where the crib is. I should be able to go back up to a 5"
> pipe at that point and just hang a furnace filter from the ceiling to
> catch any food debris and grease. You are a real ass-hole to this board.
> Thanks for all of your insight.
>
> Bubba wrote:
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I have a high performance range hood that I need to vent up and then
> > >sideways about 10 feet to the outside. The manufacturer requires a 7"
> > >round duct. In order to use a 7" duct I'll have to vent it up, put in a
> > >90, run it across the top of my cabinets, put in a 45 to get in front
> > >of a joist, then another 45 to get back straight, then a 90 up, and
> > >then a 90 to go to the outside. If I reduce it to a 4" duct, I can go
> > >up, put in a 90 and go straight to the outside.
> > >
> > >So, which is the lesser of the 2 evils? Any help would be very much
> > >appreciated.
> >
> > If the manufacturer requires a 7" vent but a 4" will work much easier
> > then by all means, reduce the vent size by almost 50%. It wont hurt a
> > thing. The manufacturers usually take things to the extreme and allow
> > for a lot of fudge factor. I would reduce it to 3" but NO smaller. 3"
> > pipe is cheaper and will do the same job as the 4". You should be all
> > set to go.
> > Bubba
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