Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: kitchen vent hood

[Jim Rebman (seamus]

Hi Lynn,

I have a Viking stove and hood in my home here at Wild Sage, and if the 
Dacor range is lless than 48" wide, Viking does have a 48" wide 
stainless hood with washable grease racks.  Mine just pop out and into 
the dishwasher for cleaning.

I think most high-end residential stoves have hoods like you describe --  
like the GE monogram series.

The Viking is bullet-proof though and mine is now in it's third home 
having been abused by many a moving ape and not any worse for the wear. 
It also has a couple of halogen lamps (variable intensity) and variable 
speed fans.  About 6 years ago the 30-inch model was approximately $600 
or so.

Hope this helps

-- Jim






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lynn Nadeau" <welcome [at] olympus.net>
To: "cohousing L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:58 PM
Subject: [C-L]_ Re: kitchen vent hood


> > 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?
> At RoseWind we have a range that is technically non commercial. 
> Therefore
> we needed NO fire suppression system. Just a hood. I don't know what 
> sort
> of hood it is (though if pressed I could look it  up): it never needs
> filters replaced, just washed.
>
> The range is a Dacor with six propane burners spaced, and flush, so 
> that
> large pans can go on them. It has no problem heating big soup-pots of
> stuff. It also has a grill overlay option. It works well for us. And 
> we
> saved the whole cost of fire suppression. We were told that a 
> commercial
> range would also raise our insurance, require special back-wall
> insulation, and get hot enough to be more of a hazard in general.
>
> A couple of photos of our very successful kitchen can be seen on our
> website,
> http://www.rosewind.org
>
>
> Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
> Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)
> http://www.rosewind.org
> http://www.ptguide.com
> http://www.ptforpeace.info (very active peace movement here- see our
> photo)
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