Kitchen remodel

[BakerAunt]

Aaron--You mentioned that you are looking at a Wolf stove. That is what I got, and I still love it after seven years. I chose dual fuel, so gas burners with electric oven. A two-thirds sheet pan just fits. If you get the Wolf, go for the red knobs!

I did not get the Wolf hood. We have low ceilings, and it would have been far too powerful. The sales rep who helped us recommended another, which was also a lot less expensive. We went with another Amana refrigerator with freezer drawer on the bottom. (Our 25-year-old Amana is in the Annex kitchen.)

[aaronatthedoublef]

Thanks BA. I didn't know Wolf was available without red knobs! It makes sense they are but I also tend to leave color choices to Kate as I am color blind and don't necessarily see how different colors will work together.

The hood we have now is large and very powerful. When my kids were little I used to tell them to hold onto something when I turned it on. I don't mind the power but it is terribly loud. I've asked to see if they can put the air-mover in a different location, closer to the vent and farther from the kitchen to make it quieter when we install a new hood. We also have to install some sort of passive vent to be up to the new code. It opens when the hood fan comes on and functions like a fireplace flue. So it will make our kitchen cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer raising our heating and cooling bills. The idea is to prevent the hood accidentally blowing out any pilot lights in the basement. Our furnace and hot water heaters are gas but none have pilots so there is no need for this waste. Ah well...

[Mike Nolan]

Building codes can be stupidly inflexible. When we were building our house, I found that some of the inspectors were more open to explanations than others.

[BakerAunt]

Wolf will let you specify black knobs instead of the standard red, but I like how the red ones stand out on the oven.

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