Excellent video. Answered all the questions I had. No other video addressed the vinyl siding issue as well as you did. I'm sure this video will continue to help homeowners many years later.
This is the best install I've seen so far on RU-vid, when it comes to ensuring that rainwater is directed outward. I like how you basically shingled the vent into the siding. The potential problem Craig Woodcox pointed out with the vinyl siding expanding and contracting might be avoidable by just not caulking or screwing any part to the vinyl, only to what's underneath.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I showed this to our contractor. I have been doing a lot of research for installation of exhaust in our kitchen. It was a high time for me to get it installed with lot of Indian cooking going on at home.
Great video! I installed the same microwave and your tip on making the sheetmetal extension was brilliant and a life saver for me. Thank you for posting this video.
Thanks for posting this, I’m in the middle of a kitchen remodel and I was on the fence about venting the microwave outside through my vinyl, but it looks pretty straight forward so I’m gonna do it
Thanks for posting this video. I'm glad I found it, you covered all the things I felt were left out on others covering this exact problem. Thanks buddy, good job, good shots, good detail.
Great video!! I took an extra step where the microwave damper meets the vent, if you can reach in from outside, I used an extended/angled nozzle for my caulk gun and put a bead of metal silicon around the perimeter of the microwave damper this way when I pushed the vent in I got a nice seal.
Considering it is close to the soffit area I think your install will work just fine. Good job for DIY’er. However, for others that may tackle this and just for reference, you should not mount any part of the vent to the siding. You should have removed the bottom piece of vinyl siding as well and installed the vent under it too. Then flash and/or seal the vent to the house/insulation. Then put j-channel on and cut siding to fit. J-channel will cover the cut edges of the siding and allow for movement of the siding. Vinyl siding needs to be allowed to expand and contract a little bit. That’s why it’s usually nailed on loosely in oblong mounting holes.
But this way the water that runs down the side of his vent is directed outward mostly without the aid of unreliable caulk. Perhaps he could still achieve this and avoid the problem you're talking about by not caulking or screwing the vent into the siding, only what's underneath, and allowing the lower part to loosely overlap.
Should remove the siding and installed a siding block. Then use cut the siding to size and reinstall using J-channel if needed (depending on how you built a siding block) for a proper water seal.
Question : Doesn’t the outside siding gets all greased up if heavy cooking is common? If so can a extension be used to blow it farther away from the wall?
Any ideas on how we can stop so much cold air from coming through the inside of the microwave and the vents underneath the microwave? It makes the kitchen very cold.
I have this same install right now. Did you notice any buckling of the siding as it expanded (lengthend) in the summer months? With the caulk and screws my concern would be that the siding would not be able to expand along the nail channels around the vent.
Is the slip fit of the two vent pieces sufficient? I can imagine some steam venting into the surrounding insulation if it's too loose. Also it could help if the plain steel sleeve fits over the other part (and not the other way around), so that the seam faces the same direction as the airflow, if that makes sense. I can't think of a way to make it a solid connection all the way through, and I'm assuming it's not necessary.
This is a great illustration. Thank you! I am in the midwest so I am also concern with the insulation and cold air coming back into the house... do you experience that? Also, where can I find one of the tool to lift the vinyl siding? And what is the exact tool to use to cut the siding? Can I just use the reciprocating saw to cut through it? Thanks again!
The cold air doesn't come back into the house because of the flap on the vent cover. Most microwaves also come with an adapter, which also has a flap on it. The siding removal tool is definitely online. I probably got it on Amazon. To cut the siding, I wouldn't use something as abrasive as a reciprocating saw. The jerking motion might snap the siding. I would just cut it with either a utility knife or even an angle grinder or Dremel. An angle grinder with a cut off blade works great.
Great video! I’m in the same boat, moved in to a house and they didn’t vent it outside, even though it’s on an outside wall like yours. My only question is, how did you measure for the cutout? I don’t have the original template and Samsung doesn’t make them available after the fact.
I'm interested in using this method for my microwave range. Question though. Do you notice any grease staining on your siding from the vent? That is my only worry.
@@ddnm1525 Yea we have gotten into cooking bacon way more, and out house is smoky with the unvented setup. Also our microwave went out years ago, but I finally just ordered a new one and I'm planning on doing this. Also we had to clean the top of our cabinets after almost 10 years without venting out and the grease up there really disgusted me. Thanks want to get this done before it gets too cold here in MN.
