We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
with a light.
I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that part
of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from the
stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed plywood,
probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
What would you do? Or have done?
perfect reason to move to a new home with a larger shop
On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 1:17:00 PM UTC-5, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
> uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
> with a light.
>
> I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that part
> of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from the
> stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>
> Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed plywood,
> probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
>
> What would you do? Or have done?
On 6/3/2015 1:30 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
>
> That's the best answer yet :-).
>
> But I'm still worried about steam, grease, etc..
>
> Someone suggested that the downdraft would eliminate that worry, but
> getting my wife to turn that on (it's noisy) every time she uses the
> stove might be detrimental to our marriage :-).
From my limited experience wuth downdraft ranges, they don't work vey
well. Laws of physics is hard to break.
> The problem with the hood is that the cabinet is low and the hood sticks
> out quite a ways and is in the way when she goes to clean the back
> burners.
Maybe the cabinets should not be there. From the burner to cabinet is
32". We have an OTR microwave and it leaves 16" and had never been a
problem. A range hood with light should still leave 26" or so. Does
your wife stand on the countertop to clean the burners?
>
On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 18:16:47 +0000 (UTC), Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
>uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
>with a light.
>
>I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that part
>of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from the
>stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>
>Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed plywood,
>probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
>
>What would you do? Or have done?
Put a brighter light in the fan hood.
Larry Blanchard wrote:
> We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
> uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
> with a light.
>
> I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that
> part of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from
> the stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>
> Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed
> plywood, probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
>
> What would you do? Or have done?
If you have a downdraft stove, you have no worries.
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On 6/2/2015 2:16 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:
> We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
> uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
> with a light.
>
> I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that part
> of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from the
> stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>
> Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed plywood,
> probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
>
> What would you do? Or have done?
>
I have a hood with a light, rarely use the fan though.
--
Froz...
Larry Blanchard wrote:
> We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
> uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
> with a light.
>
> I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that
> part of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from
> the stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>
> Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed
> plywood, probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
Turn on the stove.
Turn on the downdraft.
Hold your hand above the stove where the hood is.
How hot is it?
--
dadiOH
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Gramps' shop wrote:
> perfect reason to move to a new home with a larger shop
>
> On Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 1:17:00 PM UTC-5, Larry Blanchard wrote:
>> We have an old non-vented hood over our stove. My wife says she never
>> uses it (we have a downdraft in the stove) and wants me to replace it
>> with a light.
>>
>> I'm concerned that if I remove it and replace it with a light, that part
>> of the cabinet bottom will be exposed to the heat and vapor from the
>> stove and will delaminate and/or rot.
>>
>> Are my concerns justified? Would a metal plate over the exposed plywood,
>> probably on short standoffs, fix the problem?
>>
>> What would you do? Or have done?
Find out if there are any local building codes concerning the issue.
On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:10:04 -0400, dadiOH wrote:
> Turn on the stove.
>
> Turn on the downdraft.
>
> Hold your hand above the stove where the hood is.
>
> How hot is it?
That's the best answer yet :-).
But I'm still worried about steam, grease, etc..
Someone suggested that the downdraft would eliminate that worry, but
getting my wife to turn that on (it's noisy) every time she uses the
stove might be detrimental to our marriage :-).
The problem with the hood is that the cabinet is low and the hood sticks
out quite a ways and is in the way when she goes to clean the back
burners.
Overkill never hurt anything but the wallet, so I'll probably just
install an enclosed light fixture *and* a metal plate.
Thanks to all who responded.