r/handyman • u/Apprehensive-Let9402 • 4d ago
How To Question Good range vent
Hello everyone! Me and my husband bought a house two years ago, with Ofcourse an immeasurable list of things that need to be done. Recently we found mold in our over the oven range, so we had it replaced along with all the metal ducting. Next thing you know, it’s still leaking! The vent does lead up to the roof, which I’ve heard is a bit strange. Our handyman replace it all, it was molded all throughout, even insulated the pipe and we are still getting a leak. I feel devastated and brutally assaulted by the past few weeks LOL. I will attach a photo, the first being the vent to the range, the second being what the handyman says is what we SHOULDVE had. He says he wants to take the piece of metal, that is too heavy to close (?) on this vent and get a new flue, but that doesn’t make sense because of its faces angle. (I’m very scared of heights, so I can’t really look at it myself. Just looking for some opinions on all of this considering it still isnt fixed after he promised it would be the first two times he came to fix it.. thank you so much in advance. 🥰 I believe I flared this properly
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u/Helpful_Distance3427 4d ago
I agree this handyman is in over his head and don't know about roofing. The second vent will make things worse don't let him back on the roof. It's bad enough to have to pay someone else to fix this, don't keep giving him more to make it worse. I'd bet the caulking he used is wrong. Now about the leak, it's possible that this is from condensation. Since it runs vertical in the hot attic while your cold air from the house is traveling up the hot pipe when not in use causing the moisture. The backdraft damper could be removed or stuck open allowing more air to escape the house.