Wood Hood Inserts and Liners

It may not be common knowledge that whenever you have a wooden hood over a range, especially a gas range, code requires that there may not be any exposed surfaces that can catch on fire....so typically wood hood manufacturers and cabinet manufacturers have to find a liner made out of metal, or non combustible material that bridges the space between the range hood insert and the edges of the wooden canopy - that bridging piece is call a liner and can cost upwards of $120 each.

Professional Liner/Insert (above)

Mesh Insert/Liner (below)

All Custom Range Hoods, supplied by Modern Aire Ventilating, fit the exact space and therefore no liner is required. On occasions a non standard size wooden hood is made and we make the insert/liner to the exact dimensions required to fit the space. This has huge cost savings for the end user and of course the installer as well because they do not have to install two separate items. We offer a standard insert/liner with full stainless steel mesh filters, unlike the imports that are aluminium with a stainless steel frame. We also over stainless steel baffle filters in all of our professional series hoods, as shown for use over semi professional ranges - these typically handle air flows from 600cfm all the way up to 1400cfm.

As can be seen in the picture of the professional insert/liner a custom depth has been made to accommodate what has become very popular with kitchen designers ....... mantel hoods.

Oil Rubbed Bronze is in

A recent report by Home and Garden points out how the demand for oil rubbed bronze appliances has exploded - they are even making refrigerators, dishwashers etc with an oil rubbed bronze finish - why you ask. Oil rubbed bronze is a very earthy color with hints of cherry and brown in it. It also goes very well with the current trend towards the antiqued cabinet doors, earthy granites and back splashes. Oil rubbed bronze does not show fingerprints either ....unlike stainless steel. Custom Range Hoods of Canada, representing Modern Aire Ventilating , offers all of the hoods with an oil rubbed bronze finish - we have done so for years, so we this complex labour intensive process down to an art form. We have certainly found that it has gained significantly in popularity and find we are quoting more and more high end projects with this finish...no wonder, its certainly unique and so elegant and classy.

Attention to detail

Our customers are very particular and ensuring that every detail is perfect is absolutely paramount to ensuring ecstatic, happy clients

A vibrant color match

We seem to do a lot of color matching...not many companies do it as well as we do....

The client wanted to have a shelf on the front to store plates and nick nacks - turns an otherwise sterile, boring work zone into an exciting spot to be creative.

Copper Hood

Custom Range Hoods Canada showcases yet another one of a kind custom made range hood out of copper - every hood a master piece that reflects the unique taste of the home owner.

Wood Hood Liners

Did you know that we at Custom Range Hoods can supply canopy hood liners to accomodate the exact specs of YOUR wooden canopy - so for example if your standard wooden canopy opening on the underside is 12.25" by 34.38"(the space available for an insert) we can make a complete range hood liner for that custom space at the same price as our standard liners - this saves you the effort and added cost of having to source a liner as well as a powerpack - all of our units are complete and include include lights, blowers ranging from 400cfm up to 1400cfm, internal or external blowers, filters either stainless steel mesh or professional baffle style and variable speed controls. As you can see from the image this range hood liner is wall to wall - there is no open areas on any side(except the canopy hood body) that needs to be covered - why is this important you may ask:

1. There are code requirements for exposed combustable material above open flames such as those from gas ranges.
2. Exposed wooden surfaces very quickly accumulate grease and are difficult to clean.
3. Typically where there is exposed wooden surfaces therefore a seperate stainless steel liner is required to bridge this exposed wood between the ventilation unit and the wooden canopy body.

Press Release

Custom Range Hoods are delighted to announce that Modern-Aire Ventilation has developed a new insert range hood that will fit into the now very popular 15" mantel hoods. We are awaiting images of the proto-type and as soon as this is available we will publish images and detailed specs. The new insert liner uses the technology from Modern-Aire's extremely popular and effective PML.

Custom Hoods Photo Album

We have added a photo album of a few completed projects - the link can be found on the side bar to the right or click the link above - look forward to any comments or questions on our range hoods.

Remember we don't only do custom hoods we also offer stock under cabinet hoods that are industry beaters in terms of quality of manufacture and materials used. Here's a pic of our most popular under cabinet hood - Model PS10 and 10" high - also available as 18" or 30" high.

Re-Circulating Range Hood Venting

Recently i have come across a fair number of people doing kitchen Reno's' who have no way of venting the hood externally - i therefore decided to write a few sentences on the topic to try and help them out.

No way of venting or not allowed to vent
I guess the first question on most peoples minds is - Why should i vent the hood in the first place - this article will help you with that question. Typically folks with this kind of problem are in condo environments where they are not allowed to punch a hole into the external wall or even go up through the roof. They really only have one option - they must re-circulate the air. This entails sucking in the air via a range hood that firstly captures the grease and moisture with the grease filter, it then ideally passes the filtered air through a carbon filter and then returns the cleansed air back into the kitchen. So as you can see this is a two stage process of removing the grease and moisture from the air and then the carbon filter removes the odors. So when planning or purchasing your range hood ensure that the hood has at least 5 layers of fine mesh grease filter to collect the grease and moisture and an optional carbon filter - I am sure you have seen those grease filters that have big gaps in them - this will not do the job and is typically found on the lower end of the range hood scale. The grease filter must be washable - i recommend placing the grease filter (which is typically layers of aluminum mesh with a stainless steel frame) in a dishwasher weekly depending on cooking style. The carbon filter is a replacement item that should be replaced after a month or two depending on cooking style. The most important thing in the grease/carbon filter relationship is washing the grease filter otherwise the grease ends up getting sucked into the carbon filter and negating its value.

If anyone has questions or needs advise please feel free to visit me at:

http://www.customrangehoods.ca/

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