Well, spent the evening finishing up some odds and ends in the brewery. I trimmed out the Vent Hood, cut the exhaust fan hole, ran the ducts, and finally hung the panel. Here we go:
Trim boards for the vent hood to help hide the brackets:
Making a reducer for the vent fan. Unfortunately the local big box only had 8" long reducers, which while I'm sure would be very smooth for air flow, would not fit the cramped quarters of my exhaust venting situation. SO, I had to improvise a bit. This piece is easily accessible, so I'll likely run it and see how it affects venting performance and then decide if I need to come up with a better alternative:
Cut the 4" vent hole for the exhuast system using the same Lenox hole saw that I used for the outside exhaust port:
Attaching the exhaust port to the hood:
Finished with semi-rigid flex pipe due to the unusual angles. The entire vent run from hood to exhaust (outside) is only 2.5 linear ft. I don't suspect that this will cause too much trouble due to the extremely short length of my venting run:
Annnnd, I wrapped up the evening with a Hopslam and hanging the brewery panel. For all my pre-planning, I unfortunately didn't quite leave the space I needed for the panel. With that being said, I found a suitable spot which still allows easy access to the controls and detaching the accessory wires, without causing too much issue.
That's all for this evening!