Can You Vent An Over The Range Microwave Outside

So one small home improvement that has improved my life a lot has been venting the over the range microwave fan through the exterior wall.

Can you vent an over the range microwave outside.

Typically there might be a cabinet installed over the microwave and inside that cabinet will be duct work or a soffit above the microwave or a direct wall exhaust. Slide the vent cap into place and secure it with. If rectangular ducting please note. I already had an stud finder and the microwave exhaust duct was not expensive plus this project was fairly simple and and it has really cut down on the smoke and odor in the kitchen and in the whole house.

I like to cook. All over the range spacemaker microwaves can be vented to the outside using an equivalent total of 140 feet of rigid 3 1 4 x 10 rectangular or rigid 6 round ducting. Remove the access plate on the top of the unit in order to reach the motor. If you have an over the range microwave it should have an exhaust fan that vents to the outdoors.

After the smoke and steam are removed the filtered fan vents the air outside your home or cleans it before releasing it back into the kitchen. Over the range microwaves have a light and fan built into the bottom of the appliance. Many times an over the range microwave that recirculates cooking fumes can be converted to exhaust to the outside. Microwaves are shipped from the factory to vent out the top vertically but can also be vented out the rear horizontally.

Mount a tube of outdoor quality silicone sealant into a caulking gun and run a zigzag bead of silicone onto the rear facing flange of the vent cap.