Downdraft Electric
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 Jenn Air 36 Electric Downdraft Cooktop JED4536WR Black w Bronze Highlights $1,135.00 Time Remaining: 8d 16h 31m Buy It Now for only: $1,135.00 |
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 GE Profile 30 Downdraft Electric Cooktop Black Glass Top PP989DNBB $1,035.00 Time Remaining: 3d 7h 16m |
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 Jenn Air CVE3401 30 in Electric Cooktop Radiant Downdraft $90.00 Time Remaining: 3d 10h 41m |
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 FRIGIDAIRE 36 PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC DOWNDRAFT COOKTOP $1,299.00 Time Remaining: 29d 16h 19m Buy It Now for only: $1,299.00 |
 Jenn air downdraft white cooktop $295.00 Time Remaining: 12d 14h 47m Buy It Now for only: $295.00 |
 Jenn Air Cooktop Grill Down Draft Parts Older Electric Model NR $21.04 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 11h 16m |
 Jenn Air S176W Electric Downdraft Range Parts 704481 Burner Knob Set Y704481 $29.95 Time Remaining: 15d 12h 36m Buy It Now for only: $29.95 |
 Dacor Downdraft Vent System RVC30 2 $495.00 Time Remaining: 7h 1m Buy It Now for only: $495.00 |
 Jenn Air Downdraft Electric Grill Motor Housing Fan Blower Wheel PS2076843 $19.99 Time Remaining: 5d 16h 5m Buy It Now for only: $49.99 |
 Jenn Air 36 Black Downdraft Electric Cooktop JED4536WB01 $1,300.00 Time Remaining: 5d 2h 45m Buy It Now for only: $1,300.00 |
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Downdraft Electric
Wood Fireplaces and Stoves
Traditional wood fireplaces and stoves have been used for centuries. Traditional fireplaces are very inefficient in heating a room, as they primarily use radiant energy to provide warmth. Traditional fireplaces and stoves use the air from the room to provide oxygen for combustion. Wood fireplaces are available in a wide variety of styles and building materials. Wood burning stoves also are available in a multitude of styles colors and features, based on your heating needs. Wood burning appliances require a class A chimney. The chimney may be built of masonry or of double lined steel. There are options to consider for both wood burning fireplaces and wood burning stoves.
Wood Fireplace Options
Traditional fireplaces, constructed of firebrick and mortar, are designed to burn logs. The styles and sizes of fireplaces are as varied as the architects who have designed them. Traditional fireplaces are usually built onsite utilizing brick masons, cinder blocks, fire brick and ceramic flues. The chimney of the fireplace needs to extend above the highest point of the roof to avoid downdrafts. The size and weight of a traditional fireplace requires a substantial and stable foundation. Usually traditional fireplaces are built during new construction.
Fireplace inserts have gained in popularity, as they are much cheaper and lighter than traditional fireplaces. Fireplace inserts are built in factories and shipped pre-assembled to the home, resulting in less labor costs for installation. Wood fireplace inserts also are designed to be installed next to wood materials, with close clearances, allowing wood framing to be used in chimney construction. Many metal fireplace inserts have air ducts and fans to increase the amount of heat transferred from the fire.
Both fireplace inserts and traditional fireplaces require the installation of flame proof hearth on the floor. The hearth is required to prevent logs that may roll out of the fireplace from setting the floor on fire.
Wood Stove Options
Traditional wood burning stoves are made of cast iron. Antique stoves are not air tight, preventing accurate regulation of the fire. Because the flame is hard to regulate, more heat is lost in the flue gases, reducing the stove’s overall heating efficiency. The thick cast iron used in construction of older stoves allows an extremely long useful life. Stoves built in the early 1800’s are still in use with little restorative work. An ornate antique stove from the Victorian era could be a main architectural feature of a house.
Airtight stoves became popular during the 1970’s because of their greater efficiency. One load of wood could be set to burn all night. The advantage of the airtight stove is in the long burning time and greater fuel efficiency. Less heat is lost up the chimney. Also, modern airtight stoves have catalytic converter options that help reduce the amount of creosote and other unburned gases going up the flu.
Both types of wood stoves need to be placed on fireproof surfaces. Because of the radiant heat emitted, adequate clearance of the stove from flammable walls, floor materials and fabrics needs to be maintained.
Both wood burning fireplaces and stoves provide an impressive architectural feature for a room. A well built fireplace or stove could be an added source of heat for your house.
Variety of Fireplaces
Fireplaces have been a traditional architectural feature of a house. Fireplaces originally provided heat for cooking as well as keeping the house warm. Fireplaces kept the same basic design for thousands of years. In the 16th century, the idea of raising the wood on a grate improved the heating effectiveness of the fireplace. Ben Franklin implemented the next improvement in fireplace design. The Franklin stove, built out of cast iron, captured more heat from burning wood. Count Rumford modified the fireplace by creating a tall, shallow box, resulting in greater radiant efficiency. Now, fireplaces are available with advanced options and features to meet any design or lifestyle need. The following five fireplaces are the most popular:
Wood Burning Fireplaces
Wood burning fireplaces are either masonry or factory built inserts. Masonry fireplaces are labor intensive, and are built on site out of fire bricks, cinder block, clay chimney liners and brick or stone, depending on the surround. Masonry fireplaces usually include a hearth, mantel, grate, firebox, and damper.
Fireplace inserts are manufactured off-site and are easier to install. Fireplace inserts use a double walled steel chimney that is light and easy to install.
Gas Burning Fireplaces
Gas burning fireplaces come in a huge variety of styles to meet any decorating requirement. There are three major types of gas burning fireplaces: Direct vent, vent free, and inserts. Gas burning fireplaces may be double sided, or any unique shape to make a design statement for a room. Direct vent gas fireplaces use outside air for combustion. Since gas fireplaces have electronic ignition, some have remote controls or thermostats to create a comfortable room temperature.
Vent free fireplaces provide greater options for placing fireplaces in rooms that may not have access to an outside wall or for a chimney. Vent free fireplaces are extremely efficient, as no heat is lost through flu gas. However, the room supplies the oxygen needed for combustion. Some building codes require fresh air sources for vent free fireplaces.
Direct vent fireplaces use outside air for combustion. This type of fireplace has the option of venting through a wall to the outside instead of a chimney, reducing labor for installation. Advanced Do-it-yourselfers may be able to successfully install a direct vent fireplace, with the help of a plumber for the gas connection.
Pellet Fireplaces
Pellet fireplace inserts have become more popular as a source of heat for a room and because of the improved efficiency of a pellet fire over a traditional log fire. Pellet fireplace inserts are available for new installations and retrofits into older masonry fireplaces. Pellet fireplaces offer the advantage of a controlled burn through pellets supplied through a hopper to the firebox. Some models are thermostatically controlled with electronic ignition.
Electric Fireplaces
For convenience and ease of installation, electric fireplaces offer new alternatives. The new electric fireplaces have a more realistic appearing fire than in earlier models. Most electric fireplaces have built in electric heaters to help provide warmth to a room.
Gel Fireplaces
A vent free gel fireplace provides the option of a real fire with the portability of an electric fireplace. Gel fireplaces are starting to increase in popularity with buyers who want a real fire, but want the ease and mobility of an electric fireplace.
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Is there a downdraft kitchen vent that fits behind a slide-in gas range?
I am trying to put in a new kitchen range in my kitchen island. To fit the space, it must be a 30" slide-in model (it has no backsplash/riser - just flush with the counter top.) Currently it is an electric jenn-air with built-in downdraft venting. I have found a new gas range with a self-cleaning convection oven that I would like to purchase, the problem is venting. All the add-on downdraft vents seem to be manufactured for cooktops and extend forward into the cabinet area under the cooktop.
I need to find a vent that has a remote fan (it can be mounted under or on the side of the house) so that it won't stick into the area that the range will occupy. It doesn't need to be one of the fancy pop-up styles, either, just something that will vent my kitchen well. It can be a maximum of 6 inches deep (front to back.)
If I can't find one pre-built, I need to find the proper parts to build my own - grill, grease-catchers, kitchen vent rated fan. I can do the assembly and ducting myself.
We have a downdraft vent and it doesn't do a very good job of removing cooking odors etc. If we were to do it all over again, we would not waste the money. I think you should think about it a little before you act
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