Projects! Microwave Vent 

Glad it helped, thanks for watching 🤙🏼

You’re Welcome! Thanks for watching.

Thanks!

Thanks 😁🤙🏼

Give it a try it’s not overly difficult 😎🤙🏼

Thanks! 🤙🏼

Glad it was helpful! 🤙🏼

Glad it helped! Thanks 🤙🏼

Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Thanks!

Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

Thanks? Glad it helped 😅🤙🏼

Glad it was helpful, hopefully you figure out a solution for your situation. 🤙🏼

Thanks for Watching! 🤙🏼

Thanks 🤙🏼

🤙🏼

Thank You! 😎🤙🏼

You’re Welcome! 🤙🏼

Thanks for Watching! 🤙🏼

Your Welcome! I accept Amazon gift cards and cash 😜😂 kidding glad it worked out and the video was helpful! Aloha 🤙🏼

That's insane. Where r u that that failed an inspection?

Very Nice Bob! It feels good checking projects off the list. Thanks again for watching 🤙🏼

How long does this take someone to do ? Trying to do this.

If you somewhat know what your doing couple hours max… I think it took me less than an hour when I did it. 👍🏼

Nice 🤙🏼

Glad it was helpful, Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

Good luck! 🤙🏼

Yes lol... makes me mad at the lazy contractors that remodeled our house 😂

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking Hi so if I were to vent from the outside when I cook on my regular stove top I just press the vent and it would vent my regular stove top cooking out. So the vent isn’t for inside microwave cooking ?

Hello Susan, yes, the vent is for stove top cooking. On the bottom of the microwave you’ll see a grease screen where the intake is 🤙🏼

Glad it helped! 🤙🏼

Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Hey Jason, quick question. We have a Jenn-air as well. Your microwave wave looks similar to ours, but ours is not new. Would the Broan vent you recommended work universally with all of them do you think? And are they all fairly generic in fitting the back thickness of the wall?

They are somewhat standard but would be best to pull the microwave off and measure back and also make sure your microwave can have the fan rotated. 👍🏼

You’re Welcome! 🤙🏼

Thanks 🤙🏼

Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

You’re Welcome 🤙🏼

🤙🏼

Normal mainland building yes I agree. Homes are built different here. The roof trusses are 4’ apart and just metal roofing no paneling of anything else. Built like glorified shed... yes I misspoke about it being load bearing in the video and several people have said so but thanks for pointing it out again.

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking Well you learn something new everyday!

4' apart wow that is diff

Rainforest living lol

You’re Welcome! I’m sure it wasn’t life threatening lol… 🤙🏼

Thanks Bob, houses are built a bit different here so if you do have a 2x4 in the way you should box it I got flamed many times in the comments but they don’t understand how house are in Hawaii lol 🤙🏼

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking I understand how critical and how ridiculous people can be. Many know little to nothing about what you are explaining but online they act like experts. Some experts have to admit you are right and just lop off the impeding stud. No customer in their right mind would pay that much cash to have their wall ripped apart in order to frame around a 3 X 10 inch hole in a wall that is no way compromised. I found your video to be very easy to follow. Of course if people are not the handy type they should not be attempting this project at all. In my novice thinking I know exterior framing consists of 2 x 4 studs 16 in on center with header boards on top. One stud loppped off in the middle of the span will do nothing to compromise the integrity of the structure and you are right it is not load bearing. The 'This old house' way of doing it would be to rip the sheet rock out and frame it in. I found the Broan 639 vent you iused at Lowes nearby. I have everything else to do the job. My confusion about this job was what to use for the vent and how it is sealed from the extremes. We might see 35 degrees now in Mesa Az but it quickly warms up in to the 70's but in the summer it averages 110 plus for months on end. The Broan vent will do fine to keep the cool in and the heat out. Again thanks for your video. I subscribed to your site. I will be watching for more good advice. Bob.

Thanks Bob, I appreciate it. The houses here believe it or not sometimes are built 24” on center and if it’s really low budget 36” lol and the roof Trusses are every 4’ and then purlins across those at 24” and then metal slapped on... but the roofs are basically open. Thanks for the sub and check out my shed build series it was a pretty good one. I will hopefully be starting to build my shop/garage in the next month or so. 🤙🏼

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking All newer construction here requires 2 x 6 trusses at 24 inches minimum and double headers and 16 in studs in and out. My house was built in 1993. It is a Shea home that is overbuilt materials wise with a tile roof. There is older housing in Mesa that is like you described. There are still some adobe homes. Great insulation. I will check out your other projects. Thanks again. Bob

@@boblamb8421 2 X 6 trusses? Are you sure? Also did you mean 2 X 6 wall studs 16” on center? Just trying to learn here.

That’s a bummer... good luck! 🤙🏼

There is a little door flapper on the vent so it would limit the cold draft a bit but I could see how it may be an issue. And yes a few people losing it because I cut a beam lol... in Hawaii they build house like most people build shed and zero insulation because it’s not needed. Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Good Lord… -50°!? That’s past the point where Celsius or Fahrenheit doesn’t even matter.

Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Waiting for my wall vent, going to do the same with my microwave!

Nice! 😎

Hey Amber, it would be best to reinforce the stud you cut, but as in my case I’d have to tear apart the entire wall to do so. If it’s not a load bearing wall it should be fine since the wall is completely built with paneling nailed in on the outside and drywall or sheet rock on the inside it makes it pretty solid. Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Odin?

Yes I know, but it’s pointless…

It's absolutely pointless, because the "filters" don't filter anything...smells from the stove get pulled up thru the vents and measly wire filters and thrown up to the ceiling, and circulated throughout the room. It's especially lovely if you use a cast iron to sear a steak, you get a great buildup of greasy old food smells that permeate the room every time you use the microwave 🙄 I'm in an apartment and the wall backs up to the bathroom. No way to properly vent. Hate it

Thanks! We do not get much grease but then again we don’t do much frying except bacon for breakfast occasionally lol 🤙🏼

Hi Dan, Here in Hawaii most "Handymen" charge by the hour, anywhere between $40-$60 per hour. Total job if you had all the parts and there were no issues that popped up I would think could be completed in 2-3 hours? but that depends on the speed and efficiency of they handyman lol... Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Yes you can just cut the insulation same as the wall but adding a vent could create a draft where cold air could get in so consider that, good luck! 🤙🏼

Yes that would be a bit more challenging install lol…

Same

Right? lol

Hello, usually in that case I think the vent would run up it could vent through the roof which is a lot of work and why most of the time it’s not done lol Or if you have crawl space you run the vent up then through the crawl space out the side of the house. Which is also a bit of work… Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

well for us it's not a concern lol winter time here may get as low as 50 degrees but where you live maybe? There is an exterior flap on the vent but it's not air tight. 🤙🏼

Hmm that’s a good question? I’d like to assume microwaves are standardized only because most stoves and cabinets are. I know you can get larger higher end stoves, microwave, etc but I think if you bought the same brand it would be the same but I cannot say 100% lol… Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

Well only one way to find out 😄 good luck! Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

I’d say go up, sounds like from what you explained that there is a second floor above? I’d go up find which way your floor joists go and then follow that to an external wall. You may have to open up an area in the ceiling but could be patched and refinished. Sounds like it would be some work but could be done… Good Luck! and Thanks for watching! 🤙🏼

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking Thanks brotha. I'll assess and see what we decide to do. It' would be involved and I'm not sure it's really worth it for how much we use the stove.

​@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking I found to be in OP's similar situation, I just moved into my first home and found out my microwave vent is a joke thanks to this video. Being inexperienced and in the cold of winter now I couldnt hope to undertake this project, do you have any temporary budget ideas better than pointing a fan out the window 7 feet behind?

Not a whole lot could be done sounds like, possibly rotating the microwave fan to the up position and running ducting along the wall/ceiling to the window? Difficult to asses without seeing first hand. Good Luck 🤙🏼

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking Yea probably not much can be done given the microwave vent literally has too little suction force. A different video I saw from an alabama inspector pointed out how common it is for these useless microwave vents to be towards the middle of a home. Anyways, thank you for your time and have a good night!

It’s a whirlpool. Not sure the model? 👍🏼

I guess it wouldn’t be a problem except filling your garage with smoke and food smell lol 😅🤙🏼

Doubtful, there is a grease screen on the underside of the microwave for that purpose. Been well over a year since installed and nothing out there yet… 🤙🏼😎

Hi thanks for watching, dealing with brick would definitely be difficult but it could be done. But if your not familiar with cutting brick I’d suggest hiring someone. 🤙🏼

I suppose it’s possible but unlikely… the exhaust side has a screen and a metal flap and then the fan inside the microwave is pretty much sealed. 🤙🏼

It should be able to? Just would need different cutting blades/tools to get through the stucco. As far as a standard size for the vent it is a very common size but double checking your microwave would be the safest bet. 🤙🏼

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking thank you Jason. I did see some people make it from top cabinet rather than behind. Any reason for that ?

@SAMSAMMY837 if that’s the way the vent went, it would go up to the roof if the microwave wasn’t on an exterior wall. 🤙🏼

Thanks, it’s a whirlpool not sure the model number but that type of microwave is pretty common. 🤙🏼

Okay thanks man have a good day

No need. I didn’t cut the 2x4 completely. Also there’s a door on one side and a window on the other so there king and jack studs both sides for reinforcement.

I had the same thought. At first, when he said it wasn't load-bearing I was like, "well, it's his house. He probably knows." Then as soon as he went outside I was like, "Duh! it's an external wall. Of course it's load-bearing, lol!" That said, over the entire span of that wall, it's unlikely that one cut stud is going to cause any significant problem. There's a whole lot of wall there to spread the load. I always cringe when people cut away structure, but in the end, I don't think it's going to kill anything.

I don’t think the blower is on all the time correct? I know mine has two speeds high and low. The high setting is a bit noisy though. Maybe check that everything is exhausting ok? Maybe something is blocked? Thanks for watching 🤙🏼

Well glad it helped! Yes codes vary quite a bit around the country guess I was lucky that mine was on an exterior wall so it made it an easy job lol… good luck with yours! 🤙🏼

Actually where I live is one of the rainiest places in America lol… having a good roof is more important than building material. 🤙🏼

Thanks! Glad it was helpful 🤙🏼

🤙🏼

Not on my model, or most for that matter unless it’s an expensive one maybe?

@@JasonFleckDaHawaiianViking mine got one it’s not the real expensive one at first i didn’t think it did cause it not where u put the other filter it’s on top of microwave where the vent is that sticks out further then the cabinet it’s a little square black filter and that’s the charcoal filter anytime it’s one that can be used to recirculate or vented to the outside it has the charcoal filter in it

That’s what mine look that that’s in it

@James-fl3eh nice.

Agreed lol… 🤙🏼

😂😂