What this family actually wanted was simple: get the microwave out from over the stove.

Swapping the machine is the easy part. Open the cabinet and you see it — above the microwave there was one short stub of duct. The microwave came down, a slant-vent hood went up, and the same cabinet got a proper insulated duct running all the way out.

Close the doors and it looks like we just changed an appliance. The work that took the day is all behind that door: routing duct through cabinetry, covering the countertop before a single cut, cutting and capping the exterior wall — and on some houses going up on the roof instead, where the cap has to be seated and sealed on all four edges, because what leaks in is rain.

The finished job looks about the same in every house. The path inside the cabinet gets the same care every time.

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Materials in this video: insulated foil flex duct (in-cabinet run) – galvanized rigid duct collar – exterior wall cap – roof cap with sealed flashing – countertop protection board.

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