Cohousing-L Mailing List: Kitchen vent hood

[Zeke Holland (zholland]

First, thank you to the many individuals/communities who have consulted with
us at Two Echo Cohousing about our common house design.  Our slab is in and
we start framing next week.  Hooray!

Our construction contract includes allowances for the vent hood ($2000) over
the range, and for a fire suppression system ($2200) in the hood.  Our
research indicates that these figures will just cover the costs of low end
models that are designed for "commercial" use.  I wonder, though, if there
aren't less expensive models (at least for the hood) that would suffice for
our "semi-commercial" use.  Any suggestions?
--Zeke Holland
--Two Echo Cohousing, Brunswick, Maine (where ONE lot is still available!)