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Thread Number: 47708
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| Post# 692577 , Reply# 1 7/28/2013 at 15:08 (4,061 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Nutone!
Travis:
The diameter of your wall sleeve suggests a Nutone fan. These were wired-in fans; there were models controlled by a wall switch, and the more common chain-control models. The chain control models had a pull chain on the front grille of the fan; when you pulled on it, it opened the damper door of the fan and turned it on. Pulling again turned the unit off and closed the damper. While Nutone still makes these fans, current models have a cheap-ass (there, I said it!) plastic grille that is not only wrong for your house's period, it's difficult to keep really clean-looking, since plastic discolors when exposed to grease and fumes, which are, after all, what a kitchen fan is designed to deal with. You're going to have to go vintage, which means eBay or CL or lucky finds elsewhere. Below is a photo of the Nutone fan I grew up with, the Model 8170. It was a pull-chain model. There have been many Nutone models over the years, and you may find others with grilles you like better for the style of your house, but this is the unit I'm familiar with and can recommend highly. Just so's you'll know, these fans have to be wired into the wall. Inside the sleeve part of the fan, there is an outlet which is connected to the wall wiring; you can unplug the motor from the outlet so the motor/blade assembly can be removed from the sleeve for cleaning. Nutone thought of everything in those days; how I wish whoever decided plastic would be perfect for a kitchen fan grille thought that way today. Hope this helps! 
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| Post# 692643 , Reply# 2 7/28/2013 at 15:53 (4,061 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Sandy, If I have to, I'll go with a Nutone. Ideally, I am looking for something like this. 
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| Post# 692692 , Reply# 3 7/28/2013 at 18:00 (4,061 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Travis:
If you're able to find and restore something like that, more power to you - go for it!
I think Nutone was making wall fans in that time frame, and as I've mentioned previously, there are a number of different grille styles I'm aware of, so some searching might turn up something you'd be very happy with. Whatever you find, I think you'll be happy - a wall fan can keep a kitchen much freer of grease and schmutz than a vent hood. The biggest bonus about kitchen exhaust fans is that they're usually located on an outside wall, where smoke, grease and odors pass through eight inches of wall and then they're gone - deadly efficient. But, just to make this discussion more complicated ;-), there are also ceiling models. Here in Iowa, midcentury houses often have one mounted in the kitchen ceiling above the range. A filter is usually used in this application; it's a metal-mesh filter similar to the ones in vent hoods, only round instead of square or rectangular. Ceiling exhausts are less efficient than wall ones; you have to have a duct run to pass through the attic space. | ||
| Post# 692699 , Reply# 4 7/28/2013 at 18:38 (4,061 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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From 1939: | ||
Post# 692707 , Reply# 5 7/28/2013 at 18:55 (4,061 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Travis This is a fascinating project you're undertaking here. I would love to be able to do something like this myself at some point and I can completely relate to your desire to go a period correct look. With that in mind, you may want to get in touch with a few places that specialize in vintage architectural details and building salvage. I've used such places here in Los Angeles on several occasion and had excellent luck finding what I needed. One outfit I visited here had a staggering amount inventory. I hope you'll be posting photos of your progress. Best of luck to you.
Sandy - Notice the dark borders on the linoleum floor with the stainless steel decorative corner reinforcements. My parents neighbors house has the same type of edge treatment on the kitchen floor and looked very nice for many years. Unfortunately it's a bit of a disaster now.
Here's a link to some photos of an apartment I "retrovated" here in Eagle Rock. CLICK HERE TO GO TO d-jones's LINK | ||
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Post# 692948 , Reply# 7 7/29/2013 at 16:14 (4,060 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA ) |
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You can have my NuTone fan....
It's centered in the wall for a 40" range...(I have a 30" and it's now off-center)...you have to have the range away from the wall or the pull chain will scrape the control panel..and it works nowhere near as good as a outside vented hood...and in the winter the door freezes shut, so you have to poke it with a broomstick...every house in my neighborhood came with them...some have been changed to overhead outside vented hoods..I should of done that!
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Post# 692958 , Reply# 8 7/29/2013 at 17:10 (4,060 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Radarange | ||
| Post# 692995 , Reply# 9 7/29/2013 at 18:42 (4,060 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Jerry:
If you ever get rid of your Nutone, please feel free to PM me! That is the exact unit we had over the '48 Loewy-designed TOL Frigidaire 40-incher.
I know the drawbacks, but I am much fonder of exhaust fans than I am of range hoods. Cleaning an exhaust fan is no damn day at the beach, but it beats cleaning the underside of a range hood to hell and gone. | ||
| Post# 693031 , Reply# 10 7/29/2013 at 22:17 (4,059 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Kenny: I see that big beautiful Amana, but it's in MI. I have located an RR2 or 3 closer to me. I just have to get a friend to pick it up and get it to me. | ||
| Post# 693036 , Reply# 11 7/29/2013 at 22:27 (4,059 days old) by Travis () | ||
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The exterior grill 
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| Post# 693038 , Reply# 12 7/29/2013 at 22:29 (4,059 days old) by Travis () | ||
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I opened up the exhaust fan hole today and cleaned out a huge bird nest. 
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| Post# 694402 , Reply# 13 8/5/2013 at 13:07 (4,053 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Found one! This is what I was after. It's still installed in it's old home. It will be a bit of work to remove and restore. It probably works, but I didn't want to upset the nest. 
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| Post# 694406 , Reply# 14 8/5/2013 at 13:43 (4,053 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Congratulations! | ||
| Post# 694425 , Reply# 15 8/5/2013 at 15:33 (4,053 days old) by Travis () | ||
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Sandy,
There's a neighborhood email list. I figured there had to be one left close by. I will try and create a thread about the whole kitchen.
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