It's electric..boogie woogie woogie. It's funny the things you don't equate to needing a specific person to do until you find yourself in the midst of a major kitchen remodel. The electrician was called out for a couple of days to do some behind the scenes work on items that are going to be very popular in this new kitchen.
The hood! One of the items we went into this remodel wanting was a downdraft hood built in behind the cooktop. After some coaching from our designer, we decided to go with a ceiling mounted hood. During our appliance shopping trip we were able to see several hoods in action. It turns out they have noise dampeners on them now, as well as variable CFM settings to meet code restrictions for kitchens.
The code restrictions became a major point of stress during the design phase because our city requires a return draft for hoods over a certain CFM (cubic foot per minute.) We really did not want to do this return draft after talking with someone who had one and how they didn't like it. After some digging by our contractor we found out this hood can be set to a CFM limit below what would require a return draft. This was a huge relief to both us!
The ovens are also hardwired into the electrical so these slid into place today as well. Apparently they were larger than the cabinet so the back of the cabinet had to be cut out and slid forward a bit. I need to get a good picture of this to show, but the slight change in elevation of this cabinet to the other cabinets is kind of neat in person. It keeps the lower cabinets from looking flat all the way across.
The oven racks are in the boxes shown here. I can't wait for you to see them once installed.
Settings, settings, settings... we can proof, bake, roast, broil, convection broil, etc.
It is amazing to us to look at the shot below because the hood which we were concerned would overpower the space seems to just blend in and look like it belongs. I think the combination of the larger windows, light cabinets and the soffit which makes the venting of the hood appear shorter all contribute to this just working out. It's nice after all these weeks that we can see items come together and breathe a sigh of relief that we in fact love it and don't hate it.
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