Exhaust hood?

[TallahasseeBrew]

Ok, my house, in the past used to be a bar...yeah, poor me, right? Anyway, the kitchen has a huge vent hood, but its the kind made for smoke and grease as it was over a stove, griddle, and two gas fryers.

This should work for brewing 5 to 10 gallon batches right? I mean i know i should have a condensation hood instead of a smoke hood, but this thing has to be sucking some serious air, its about 8 feet long and 3 feet wide, terminates out the roof with one of those mushroom caps.

 

[Valve1138]

Did they boil water on that stove? Probably.

I can't imagine it wouldn't be ok.

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

Im pretty sure it will be ok, but yesterday i tested my new rig with the hood off and after 15 minutes of boiling, my kitchen was a sauna, so i really need this hood to work, or i need to sprout gills

 

[doug293cz]

Test again with the hood on. The biggest drawback to that hood will be the energy cost to heat/cool the room make up air.

Brew on

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

This weekend was gonna be the final test with the hood turned on and everything. I need to gonon the roof and take the cover off the hood. Luckily it should only have to be on while boiling, the heat/cool cost shouldnt be tragic. I also need to run water over to the brew area so im not schlepping water all over

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

BTW, the hood works awesome, it sucked water vapor out like a hooker, a golf ball, and a garden hose. I absolutley love indoor brewing now, it's just great.

 

[sicktght311]

Just make sure you have a window open somewhere nearby for makeup air

 

[matt_m]

You'd be surprised at how little heat ventilation will remove long term. I previously had a huge hobby woodworking shop and ran a high CFM dust collection system. The air temp would drop when the system was running and the furnace would kick on but when I shut the system off, the furnace would rapidly catch up and shut off because all the mass of the building and equipment wouldn't really cool off much.

But hopefully there's a good damper in the vent that's letting all your heat go up the stack when its NOT running.

 

[TallahasseeBrew]

there is a damper in place and it works very well. This house used to be a bar and grill. luckily I don't need to run it for the whole time im boiling either