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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare Location
■ It is recommended that the vent system be installed before
hood is installed.
■ Before making cutouts, make sure there is proper clearance
within the ceiling or wall for exhaust vent.
■ Check your ceiling height and the hood height maximum
before you select your hood.
1. Disconnect power.
2. Determine which venting method to use: roof, wall, or
non-vented.
3. Select a flat surface for assembling the range hood. Place
covering over that surface.
4. Using 2 or more people, lift range hood onto covered
surface.
Range Hood Mounting Screws Installation
5. Determine and mark the centerline on the wall where the
canopy hood will be installed.
6. Select a mounting height between a minimum of
24" (61.0 cm) for an electric cooking surface, a minimum of
27" (68.6 cm) for a gas cooking surface, and a suggested
maximum of 36" (91.4 cm) above the range to the bottom of
the hood. Mark a reference line on the wall.
7. Tape template in place, aligning the template centerline
and bottom of template with hood bottom line and with the
centerline marked on the wall.
A. Centerline
B. Fastener locations
8. Mark centers of the fastener locations through the template
to the wall.
IMPORTANT: All canopy mounting screws must be
installed into wood where possible. If there is no wood to
screw into, additional wall framing supports may be
required, or use (4) 8 x 40 mm wall anchors and 5 x 45 mm
screws.
Remove the template.
9. For wood, Drill
3
⁄16" (4.8 mm) pilot holes at all locations
where screws are being installed into wood.
For wall anchors, drill
3
⁄8" (9.5 mm) holes at all locations
where wall anchors are being used.
10. For wood, install (2) 5 x 45 mm mounting screws. Leave a
¼" (6.4 mm) gap between the wall and the back of the
screw head to slide range hood into place.
For wall anchors, install the 8 x 40 mm wall anchors and
install the 5 x 45 mm screws into the wall anchors.
Tighten until the wall anchors are secure. Back the screws
out ¼" (6.4 mm).
Vent Cover Support Bracket Assembly and Installation
1. Assemble the 3 pieces of the vent cover bracket using 4 -
4.2 x 8 mm screws provided. The assembled bracket should
be sized to fit inside the upper vent cover.
A. Vent cover bracket assembly
B. Upper vent cover
C. 4.2 x 8 mm screws
D. Centerline
2. Position vent cover bracket on wall about ¹⁄8" (3.0 mm) away
from the ceiling.
3. Mark the hole locations.
4. Drill ³⁄
8" (9.5 mm) holes for wall anchors and insert anchors
flush with the wall.
A. 8 x 40 mm drywall anchors
B. Centerline on wall
C. Vent cover support bracket
D. 5 x 45 mm screws
E. Centerline of bracket
5. Attach vent cover support bracket to wall.
A
B
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install
range hood.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
¹⁄₄"
(6.4 mm)
C
D
A
B
C
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