Hi! I'm new at this... I searched your site for answers to "can you have heat loss thru a range hood vent"? I live in the upstate New York area and it's been below 10 degrees for the last several days. I noticed I have icicles and ice over the vent to my range.

I went to Home Depot and found a product by Owens Corning called Foam Shield.. it is a soild but pliable foam insulation on a 5 1/2 x 50' roll... cost about $6.50.

I lined the cabinet containing the actual hose vent by securing it with caulk and then I took the two metal screen vents out of the hood and cut the insulation to the correct size and taped them to the vents and reinserted them in the hood. I can easily remove them if I should need to use the vent. I no longer have melting ice. Thanks ET

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heat loss through range hood vent
Hi! I'm new at this... I searched your site for answers to "can you have heat loss thru a range hood vent"? I live in the upstate New York area and it's been below 10 degrees for the last several days. I noticed I have icicles and ice over the vent to my range.

I went to Home Depot and found a product by Owens Corning called Foam Shield.. it is a solid but pliable foam insulation on a 5 1/2 x 50' roll... cost about $6.50.

I lined the cabinet containing the actual hose vent by securing it with caulk and then I took the two metal screen vents out of the hood and cut the insulation to the correct size and taped them to the vents and reinserted them in the hood. I can easily remove them if I should need to use the vent. I no longer have melting ice. Thanks ET

Check where your vent pipe terminates, it must have a passive cover that closes by itself, check for operation.