Advice for a roof mounted kitchen exhaust setup..


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Old 05-19-10, 09:18 AM
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Advice for a roof mounted kitchen exhaust setup..

I'm looking for thoughts/advice/opinions on setting up a powered roof mounted exhaust fan for our kitchen at the top of the existing gravity fed (open air) exhaust pipe that currently vents from a hood directly over our stove.

The diameter of existing vent pipe looks to be roughly 7-8", and does a straight run of about 7 feet up and out through the flat tar and gravel roof. We'd like add a powered exhaust fan at the roof, since noise is a big issue, and we don't want to drop any sort of box further down/out on the kitchen side for aesthetic reasons.

The concerns would be the best type of fan to efficiently move lots of air up and out of our current pipe, work on a flat roof, and also be able to resist corrosion from heavy coastal fog (San Francisco sunset district)

I've heard that 'squirrel cage' fans can be extremely efficient with low noise. But research hasn't turned up any that would seem to fit our flat roof situation.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Old 05-19-10, 09:56 AM
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What about something like this, an in-line fan?
Exhaust Fans | Exhaust and Supply | In-Line Range Hood Exhaust Fans - GlobalIndustrial.com
Do you have an idea as to how much air you want to move?

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Old 05-19-10, 12:53 PM
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What about something like this, an in-line fan?
Exhaust Fans | Exhaust and Supply | In-Line Range Hood Exhaust Fans - GlobalIndustrial.com
Do you have an idea as to how much air you want to move?

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It will mainly be used to exhaust the stove top area. However our built-in hood arrangement is slightly larger and higher up than a typical range hood. So I'm not sure how to refer to the volume of air we need to move.

I've heard that the in-line fan, if not mounted far away from the ceiling intake point, can still be very noisy. In our current situation we are limited to short straight vertical run. So I was thinking getting the fan fully outside on the roof would be better sound-wise.
 
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Old 05-19-10, 01:40 PM
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I looked up an in-line fan because they are used in radon venting and hear recovery units, specifically because they run 24/7 and have to be very quiet. There are big box in-line duct fans that are less expensive, and longevity and noise I would suspect to be issues.

The one pictured in the link above looks similar to the radon and air exchange fans, but I agree that doesn't ensure its quality.

Along the commercial line there will certainly be plenty of powerful fans for your purpose, but as for noise level I do not know. Fantec is one of the better mfg's. Take a look at this link:
Fantech Kitchen Range Hood Liners - Range Hoods

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Old 05-19-10, 06:56 PM
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Take a look at greenheck fans. This is the best out there.
 
 

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