Charles Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Good morning, Inspected a large foreclosed home yesterday that had an interesting range hood. The builder used components from a Thermador range hood. Blower is on the roof. Cook top is a four burner GE Profile with griddle. Problem: exposed framing in the site built hood. There certainly appears to be a problem associated with the builder using components and not the full hood as well as heat/potential of grease fire and the exposed framing. My advice to the client is get a listed hood and install all required components. Comments please. Charles Click to Enlarge 56.23 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Good morning, Inspected a large foreclosed home yesterday that had an interesting range hood. The builder used components from a Thermador range hood. Blower is on the roof. Cook top is a four burner GE Profile with griddle. Problem: exposed framing in the site built hood. There certainly appears to be a problem associated with the builder using components and not the full hood as well as heat/potential of grease fire and the exposed framing. My advice to the client is get a listed hood and install all required components. Comments please. Seems like he went through an awful lot of time & expense to screw it up. Most builders screw things up by taking shortcuts. It's probably not possible, but I bet that if you were to dig into this, you'd find that the work was done by a homeowner rather than a builder. Homeowners tend to work a lot harder at screwing things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 My advice to the client is get a listed hood and install all required components. Click to Enlarge 56.23?KB That's reasonable advice. Mixing and matching is a bad idea. I've never seen a roof top fan for a kitchen cooktop on a house before. Did you take a picture? I thought this vid was funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It's OK to have a fan on the roof; that's how every commercial hood is set up. But, it's gotta be a fan rated for the purpose. I've mixed and matched components with range hoods before. If someone wants to get worked up because now it's not listed by the mfg., oh well......it's really not a big deal. It's a hood, ductwork, and a fan. I happen to have access to commercial equipment, so we mix stuff up all the time. But, if someone does something as moronic as the hood in the pic, that's different. Who knows what the heck else they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Lamb Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 It's OK to have a fan on the roof; that's how every commercial hood is set up. But, it's gotta be a fan rated for the purpose. I've mixed and matched components with range hoods before. If someone wants to get worked up because now it's not listed by the mfg., oh well......it's really not a big deal. It's a hood, ductwork, and a fan. I happen to have access to commercial equipment, so we mix stuff up all the time. But, if someone does something as moronic as the hood in the pic, that's different. Who knows what the heck else they did. I was not implying there is something wrong with roof top fans. But the owner/operator better know what they have on their hands. Kitchen fires are a big deal and this buyer isn't likely to know what the hell is going on. I'd get worked up over mixing and matching here. I did an inspection of a restaurant not long ago. The owner (my client) was leasing the property to a very large, well known franchised burger chain that I will not name and he was very unhappy with how his tenant was keeping his equipment maintained. Click to Enlarge 69.39 KB Click to Enlarge 68.1 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Like I said, it's gotta be rated for the purpose. After that, they pretty much all are a mess. I've never been on a Chicago restaurant roof that wasn't a freakshow mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassica678 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hey,Very informative article regarding new range hood,interesting execution of the post.Keep up to date and also the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassica678 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Thank you so much for sharing about range hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassica678 Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 This is such a Great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free. It gives in depth information to all the visitors about range hoods. Thanks for this valuable information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 What's going on? Is she dropping links and then a mod removes the link and she can't seem to get the message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 What's going on? Is she dropping links and then a mod removes the link and she can't seem to get the message? The recent trend is adding several posts, then editing them later to include a link. I usually delete them if they're of no value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmuller Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hi, I need good 24" range hood for my new kitchen and I'm looking at these range hoods: 1. STD-100 - Cost $259.00 but it has only a 600 cfm, how important is this? 2. KA-146 - I like it more, but price $919.00, it's very high 3. KA-144 - How about noise level on 940 CFM? Any advice would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Hi, I need good 24" range hood for my new kitchen and I'm looking at these range hoods: 1. STD-100 - Cost $259.00 but it has only a 600 cfm, how important is this? 2. KA-146 - I like it more, but price $919.00, it's very high 3. KA-144 - How about noise level on 940 CFM? Any advice would be welcome. I suggest that you go to a local supplier and see the range hoods first hand. Then be sure to buy from them and support your local economy instead of patronizing a sleazy internet retailer such as www.rangehoodstore.com. That's a terrible site. Everyone I know who's had to deal with them has been disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmuller Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 I suggest that you go to a local supplier and see the range hoods first hand. Then be sure to buy from them and support your local economy instead of patronizing a sleazy internet retailer such as www.rangehoodstore.com. That's a terrible site. Everyone I know who's had to deal with them has been disappointed. Thanks Jim Katen. I will follow your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Meiland Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 johnmuller has 3 posts... where's the third? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 johnmuller has 3 posts... where's the third? He'll be back to drop a link in it: https://inspectorsjournal.com/forum/top ... 319#124037 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 What's the significance in John choosing to put Jim's name in bold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 IP address - Ukraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Brandon, everyone knows that Jim Katen is a bold fellow! Really, I don't have a clue why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 What's the significance in John choosing to put Jim's name in bold? I suspect it's a subtle threat - his way of saying, "I know who you are. Watch out." If so, it's kind of dumb because it put me on the lookout for, say, the email that I received yesterday from a "prospective client," which contained a virus in an attachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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