<p>Ha ha! It’s not the bulb it’s the bulb holder thingy.</p>
<p>absweetmarie, the ducting can go through the wall or the ceiling. I think that “socket” may be term you are searching for. ;)</p>
<p>Or sometimes, it circulates back to the kitchen after passing through a filter. bulb holder thingy…:)</p>
<p>This is why I didn’t buy a house but rather a condo. At my board meeting, people talk about parts of the building that need tending to, and I don’t even know what the thing is (like a soffit … we’ve always got something going on with our soffit or soffits if the plural is what’s called for). GTK about the ducting … Of course, it makes sense you could route ducting cleverly and stealthily … Duh.</p>
<p>I had to google GTK.</p>
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<p>So does mine. When we built this house, the vents were put in above the stove to the outdoors. They go up through the cabinet above the sink, and then the vents to between the floors to the outside wall. The fan has a very large motor to suck out the smoke and odors. We found (by experience in the past house)…that the range hoods that do NOT vent outdoors really just recirculate everything through a filter and do not work very well at all.</p>
<p>thumper,</p>
<p>frankly, I think the microwave does not by itself connected to the vent, but the vent is part of the “range/mw” combination. If you have to replace the MW, it might have to replace the whole thing. unless you can find the exact replacement of mw, which is going to be difficult.</p>
<p>Speaking of vents --</p>
<p>When I redid our current kitchen, in 1999, I bought the glass Dacor cooktop and the Dacor downdraft vent – the one that hides until you raise it; then once you’re done, you lower it. It looks very classy and space age, but it is not on an outside wall. Consequently the ducts do all sorts of elbows all over the place, and it doesn’t suck the smoke, odors, and grease very well. </p>
<p>Next time, I’m going to get a humongous vent that sucks straight to the outside.</p>
<p>Artslover…if the microwave dies, the vent ducting is in place above the stove. We would simple remove the microwave and replace it with a range hood vented outdoors. It was designed and set up to accommodate the outdoor vented microwave OR a stove hood vented outdoors.</p>
<p>I recommend ths.gardenweb.com, esp. the kitchen forum and the appliance forum. Was hooked on it when we remodeled our kitchen about seven years ago. It inspired me to go with soapstone for our kitchen. Love it!!! Soapstone is not for those who love pristine; it is a look for those who love worn, faded, broken-in jeans. We have a number of dings around the edges surrounding our sink but no pitting, a few scratches, and of course no stains. It is great to set hot pans on the counter without a worry, plus it is good for cooling stuff down.</p>
<p>Is there a formular for how much cabinet space is ideal? My galley kitchen will look more spacious if I get rid of top cabitnets and restore a hood over the stove. Right now they are full but we will be downsizing. I wonder if I’d regret after getting rid of them.</p>
<p>Iglooo, I always thought the formula was: </p>
<p>[Volume of pots and pans you own + Amount of groceries typically in your pantry] X [3,000] = Amount of cabinet space you need</p>
<p>Iglooo, I design kitchens all the time and I’ve never seen a formula for cabinet space - it’s just too variable. Some people have a zillion pots and pans, some keep shelves and shelves of canned goods, some have multiple sets of dishes, some keep dishes in the kitchen, while others have them elsewhere. I have about 200 linear feet of cookbooks and magazines - but I’ve been in houses where they only had one. </p>
<p>If you want to get rid of your upper cabinets you probably can, but you will probably need to figure out how to pare down. You can put seldom used things elsewhere, or just get rid of them all together.</p>
<p>VeryHappy, Ha ha. </p>
<p>mathmom - I can get rid of stuff. My concern is more about if and when we decide to sell the house. It can happen soon. At the moment, I plan to stay but it may become too much upkeep to bother. I have 15 linear feet of bottom cabinet, 20’ of top, and 4’ of shallow wall cabinets. What I am getting rid of would be 9’ of top. Would that be too much?</p>
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I go there from time to time. But, to me, it’s difficult to navigate. The forums aren’t as readable as CC. And, I still haven’t found an easy way to look at pictures. Wha? Do you just have browse by date? No categories?</p>
<p>^Huzza is a little more better classified. For me, looking at all the beautiful kitchens doesn’t lead to any idea to apply to my own kitchen. I am a bit of an ADD.</p>
<p>Iglooo,</p>
<p>??? I went to search huzza and did not get anything but merchandize web site on huzza dot net…</p>
<p>Can you post the link?</p>
<p>Could Igloo mean [Houzz</a> - Home Design, Decorating and Remodeling Ideas and Inspiration, Kitchen and Bathroom Design](<a href=“http://www.houzz.com%5DHouzz”>http://www.houzz.com) ? It is the bomb! And my favorite iPad app’</p>
<p>artloversplus, I’m not sure, but I think Iglooo means Houzz.</p>
<p>oops, crossposted with laketime</p>
<p>I have Houzz on my iPad although haven’t looked at it in while,cause I am working in my yard.
- But I didn’t know they had landscape photos!!!*</p>