When I did the upgrades on my house, I knew I was going to swap out the range hood with something so I didn't bother upgrading it, not even for colour. The one I got was a plain Jane white range hood fan.
I decided that I would replace it with a Sakura range hood. My parents have one in their home and it does a very good job venting. Now, my mother makes a lot of stir fry type dishes and cooks on high heat so it is almost a necessity for them. For me, probably not so much while I do like to do my fair share of cooking. But I've always been impressed by the performance of the fan so I decided to get one for my home. I ordered the U2 II model directly from Toronto and had it shipped here. It took about 3 business days to arrive.Today, I went to install it. Taking off the old hood fan is easy, just loosen four screws and then slide the range hood off. Undo the wires and voila. The installation of the Sakura required a little creativity. It only came with a circular damper so I originally thought I could just hook it up directly to the 6" venting hose. But the Sakura is a deeper fan so I couldn't use the round damper option as my cabinet is in the way. I could make it fit but would require me to cut into my cabinet and lose some of my shelf space. I was not keen on that idea. So, I took the rectangular damper from the old range hood, attached it to the Sakura and then got a sheet of steel to cover up the rest of the opening. It just barely clears the cabinet but it works! Once I got that together, I drilled new holes for the new mounting screw locations and then mounted the range hood. The wiring is easy, just three wires (hot, neutral and ground). Here are some pictures of the finished install.
I didn't realize how bulky the fan is. It sticks out a fair bit more than the standard fan. But as you can see , the actual fan is over the range rather than towards the back. The fan isn't really that quiet but there are two speeds and you can control the left and right one independently. But that's okay. As I mentioned when I ordered my appliances, I went with functionality over form.
Now...what should I cook up???
4 comments:
Hi, there
Where did you buy that? I'd like to buy sakura hood. Could you tell me store name phone number, e-amil to me?
thanks
my e-mail is kyengholee@hotmail.com
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this unit has two fans and three additional large openings.
when the fans are on, the air returns back to the kitchen from the three other openings.
so...is this a design problem? a flaws?
Not sure what you mean by "three additional large openings" which returns air back to the kitchen. Would that not defeat the whole purpose of a hood fan in that you want to vent the air out of the kitchen? Not trying to be a smartass here. :) Unless you are talking about a different model whereby you cannot vent directly outside? Then I can see that as I know not all homes have the ducting for exterior venting. But on my unit, it vents directly outside so there is no return vents back into the kitchen (at least, none that I can see).
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