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In my areas, I often see good places I'd like to buy but they come with this kind of kitchen "hood/vent" (picture 1), basically a microwave oven acting as a "filter." Not sure what kind of self-respecting engineer would design a thing like that but I wonder if I can change it out to the proper hood with a chimney (picture 2)?
I guess it's more possible with a house but is it possible with a high rise apartment building?
Some of those microwaves do have ducted venting (and some are just recirculating).
I am just finishing up a partial remodel to add a range hood in a kitchen which someone else remodeled and removed the range hood - it required putting in a roof vent as well. I also had to replace the bathroom fan, which just vented INTO THE ATTIC. Morons.
In my areas, I often see good places I'd like to buy but they come with this kind of kitchen "hood/vent" (picture 1), basically a microwave oven acting as a "filter." Not sure what kind of self-respecting engineer would design a thing like that but I wonder if I can change it out to the proper hood with a chimney (picture 2)?
I guess it's more possible with a house but is it possible with a high rise apartment building?
Agree! I dislike microwaves ovens to begin with but that's another thread lol... Plus it looks cheap microwaves/filter combo unit... I think a professional builder could do it.
Kitchen ranges can create a lot of heat above them, especially if you have the oven and all burners going at the same time...
And things with electronics in them (like a microwave) do not like excessive heat or cold - can damage the electronics inside of them.
So probably best to not put a microwave above a range.
Note: They can and do make electronics which will stand up to excessive heat or cold - like would be in a satellite in space, but that quality of electronics is typically not in consumer electronics.
In my areas, I often see good places I'd like to buy but they come with this kind of kitchen "hood/vent" (picture 1), basically a microwave oven acting as a "filter." Not sure what kind of self-respecting engineer would design a thing like that but I wonder if I can change it out to the proper hood with a chimney (picture 2)?
I guess it's more possible with a house but is it possible with a high rise apartment building?
My over the range microwave is ducted to the outside... it is not "acting as a filter" at all.
What you want is pretty near impossible to retrofit into a high rise apartment building.
If you like the style of the picture 2 chimney, they are available as recirculating rather than vented for applications/areas where venting to the outside is impossible.
The stove with a microwave oven on top (in the first photo), are designed so you can vent the air toward the outside by the microwave oven, or just to circulate the air. The air diverter in the microwave oven has to be set to vent the air toward the outside, or to recirculate during the installation. The only way to find out what was done by the builder is to look for the exhaust pipe above the microwave oven. If the pipe is there, turn the microwave fan and see if the air is being vented out the pipe. Remember that you are only turning the microwave's exhaust fan ON, not the microwave, and that this fan has its own switch.
Retro fitting a filtered vent (allowed by code) to a piped to the exterior can be a challenge in a single family dwelling let alone a high rise. What type of wall construction must be penetrated, and access to the exterior work area should be planned in advance, and may prove to be cost prohibitive.
Retro fitting a filtered vent (allowed by code) to a piped to the exterior can be a challenge in a single family dwelling let alone a high rise. What type of wall construction must be penetrated, and access to the exterior work area should be planned in advance, and may prove to be cost prohibitive.
^^ This
My house was built in 1990 with a microwave over the range. It does not vent outside either
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