Vent Range Hood Through Attic

For other types of siding the installation steps are very similar.

Vent range hood through attic.

Ideally the range hood should be vented to the outside usually through the roof. Installing a range hood vent through an outside wall. The procedure is similar to the installation of the kitchen hood vent through the roof but it is slightly different though. Many times your choice depends on where your range is located.

Vent your bath and kitchen exhaust fans through the roof through a special roof hood. If it sits on an inside wall venting through the attic and out is a better option but if it is on an outside wall it is more practical to vent through the wall. Venting through a roof vent or exhausting them in the attic could cause moisture problems and rot. We will assume that you have vinyl siding installed on your house.

Vent away cooking odors and filter out heat smoke grease and moisture. Vern has a range hood on an inside wall and is wondering if he could just use the hollow wall cavity or should he line it and could he just vent into the attic because the attic itself is vented. There are actually a lot of interesting questions there vern. First remember that there is a lot of grease and moisture in that exhaust just think of how dirty that filter gets.

It is definitely not a good idea to vent a range hood into the attic. So if you vent.