How To Box In A Roof Vent For Kitchen Fan

Sometimes the simplest way to cover a kitchen vent hood is to hide it inside a soffit or a column.

How to box in a roof vent for kitchen fan.

Nail the lower corners with roofing nails and tar the heads. Connect the ductwork with sheet metal screws wrap the connections with aluminum faced duct tape then wrap the attic part of the duct work with an insulated sleeve. Videos you watch may be added to the tv s watch. Run duct work through the attic then attach the stove vent to a roof cap.

Slide the vent under the shingles so they cover the top half of the vent flange. This is not an attic vent this is a roof top exhaust hood that totally prevents any moisture from the bathroom or the kitchen from causing rot problems in the attic. Choosing a whole house fan. I have a range that is located against an outside brick wall in a one story kitchen with a flat roof.

Apply a bead of asphalt roof cement on the bottom of the vent. The lower half of the flange sits on top of the shingles. I prefer to run my exhaust vents downward and out through the basement because there is no condensation inside the ducting but if you must go up through the roof use a proper. Episode 1 youtube.

To avoid going through the brick wall can i vent the hood straight up through roof. Kitchen range hood vented through roof. Create a soffit by placing boards around three sides of the pipe and attaching these connected.