"v" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:26:26 -0500, someone wrote:

Why the flyin' F do people act like their sheetrock is so precious? (I'd
suggest working from the exterior, BTW. Take off siding & sheathing.
It is often easier to tape in & blend a big sheetrock patch than a
little patch anyway.

I just think that going what seemed to be a simple project of installing an
over the range microwave vent to either removing the sheetrock or the
exterior siding/sheathing is probably beyond the scope of what the OP had in
mind. Removal of cedar shakes or clapboards without damaging them requires a
bit of care and experience. Same goes for taking off a bunch of vinyl or
aluminum siding. Popping all the nails out a 4x8 piece of plywood sheathing
is no small task either.

When working from the inside, cutting pieces out of the wall has a low WAF.
Besides, you'd have to remove some of the sheetrock behind the cabinet above
the range. That cabinet might be joined to the adjacent cabinets with
biscuits or other fastener and glue which would make removal a real pain.
Custom cabinets may mean that there is not a separate cabinet above the
range, that is a single face frame for the entire wall. That wall also might
be tiled which would complicate things.

I recommend venting up into the cabinet above, use a small bend to the left
or right and then exit to the rear so that you miss the stud.

-al sung
Rapid Realm Technology, Inc.
Hopkinton, MA