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Wolf gas range3/2/2024 So I think what you have here is an unfortunate combination of big range, insufficient exhaust, and "cold" marble. That's because of heat transfer properties in the material. If you touch various surfaces around your home, you will find some feel colder than others, even though they are all supposedly at room temperature. Marble is particularly prone to condensation. Whoever told you a hood wouldn't help I think could, could, be wrong, because it only makes sense that if the water vapor is quickly whisked away, it won't be there to condense on your marble. My understanding is that Wolfs need to be installed with a strong exhaust hood. The more combustion, the more byproducts. The products of combustion are carbon dioxide and water. (FYI, I'm using the Viking Professional over-the-range microwave which of course doesn't have as powerful an exhaust as a hood, but I've been told that a more powerful hood would not help.)Īll ranges I have ever seen create condensation as you describe. I was agnostic when choosing between buying a Wolf or a Viking range - and had I known of this issue with Wolf, I would have easily chosen Viking.īefore I authorize Wolf to proceed with the 5" trim, I wanted to see if anyone here has had the same experience and how they handled it, including whether the 5" trim resolved the problem. But I'm annoyed because, when I googled "Viking" and "condensation," there were really no hits, so I suspect that this is not a problem with Viking. I'm annoyed to use the 5" trim for aesthetic reasons, but if it resolves the problem, I'm OK with it. No one is guaranteeing that it will solve the problem, but I suspect that it will. The technicians came over - and I told them that they would need to wait 10 to 20 minutes to see what happens - and they said that wasn't necessary because they "see this all the time." They recommended that I install the 5" trim that would push the hot air from the oven a little forward, so that it wouldn't hit the backsplash and create the condensation. They simply advised me to make an appointment with their authorized technical vendor in the NYC area, which I did. I called Wolf/SubZero - and they told me that this "can" happen in some installations - and that it could depend on the material of the backsplash, but several folks there couldn't advise whether marble or glass or quartz or stainless steel was best. However, until that point, my (marble) backsplash had gotten so wet, that water was dripping down the wall. The condensation vaporizes and disappears after about 20 minutes, because at the 20 minute mark, the backsplash has heated up. Because it's just like a warm front hitting a cool front, it produces "rain," or in the case of a kitchen, condensation on the backsplash. This appears to be a problem for some, but not all installations of the Wolf Gas Ranges.Īpparently, during the pre-heating phase the heat from the oven is emitted out of the "Island" trim and hits the backsplash, which is much cooler. The first time that I used the over, my entire backsplash was drenched, so I immediately googled "Wolf" and "condensation" and I discovered that I was not alone. I just completed a kitchen renovation with a Wolf 30" Gas Range, using the "Island" trim (the lowest - 1 inch or so - trim to the back of the burners, just by the backsplash where the heat from the over spouts from). Hi all, I just completed a kitchen renovation with a Wolf 30" Gas Range, using the "Island" trim (the lowest - 1 inch or so - trim to the back of the burners, just by the backsplash where the heat from the over spouts from).
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