Anyone like to share where they purchased their commercial hood. Any comments about hoods also appreciated. That is the one thing that has really got me a bit baffled. I have been searching online and have found some around 700 dollars and up. I got a local quote of $6500...ouch.'
Joanne 
From my understanding, it's not so much the actual hood that is expensive, rather the installation of the ducts and hood.
I purchased mine locally, it's 6x4' and cost me $2,000 installed.
I used a kitchen design firm for my kitchen so I have no idea what the actuall breakdown between equipment cost and installation cost was, but she did tell me it was $1000 per linear foot ... and I needed 8 feet of it.
The labor charge is significant because they have to bust thru the ceiling for the exhaust system and then make sure the roof/ceiling is sealed properly.
I don't have a hood becasue of the cost of the ductwork...I would have to go to the roof of the building my shop is in....4 stories up, and it would have cost me my first born here in NY.
so, I went electric. No hood required.....I bought a used Blodgett that runs perfectly. It greatly minimized my startup costs. It helped tremendously becasue at that point I didn't know what I was in for. If I had to close for lack of business or whatever....my money was gone.
I got lucky in the sense that my storefront was previously a Quizno's Sub Shop, so all they had to do was reroute the current hood ducts to the back kitchen and install the new hood...
I'm sure had we had to run new duct work it would have been a fortunte.
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