How to Install A Wall Vented Microwave (Over-The-Range)

In this video, I show you how to install a wall vented over the range microwave. This video can also help if you are installing a microwave with no vent, it is a pretty easy job for a DIYer! You also get to see the reason I dislike working with cedar shake siding.

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[crinkle]

From a simple microwave installation to a whole residing job😆. It's a good thing you know what you are doing. Nice job.

[pullingguard]

Thank you, man! I’m gonna give this a shot.. I’m a dirt guy but now I feel like I’m a master carpenter after watching this. Wish me luck.

[mariannerodgers]

Wow, nice job, but it was a lot of work I must say. You have truly earned your title, the fixer. Anything you fix is done to perfection.

[melindamosbey]

I (75-yr-old grandmother of 14)
ADORE YOU...
ALWAYS HAVE!
You do EXCELLENT WORK!
Thank YOU!

[ivanwill]

"Man, that sucks...!" Very nice job. This is one major change I want to our kitchen. But, the HOA will not 'allow it'. Little do they know. one day, there will simply be a vent on the side of MY house :)

Nice detailed video. Keep 'em coming...

[abdelwahhabshaout]

Dude no cutting corners. I love your honest work. Excellent

[iangesman]

I like this guy, every step he did is what I would have done, FYI been around construction all my life, recommend this video 👍👍👍

[michaelmathews]

Just a tip that I was made aware of when we had our attic insulated. They conducted a blower door test before and after they sealed up and insulated the attic. they turned on both my bath exhaust fans and checked for back drafting from my gas water heater and found my fresh air inlet was adequate but when we turned on the microwave vent it sucked air back down the chimney. I only had a 4" fresh air duct installed in my basement. I thought I could make it a 6" but found it was easier to go out the other side of the house with an additional 4" vent. I checked it myself afterwards and no more back drafting.

[pebblebunnyful]

Can you imagine if everyone had your work ethic, perfection, & calmness what an incredible world this would be! I’m just a grandma in NM who fumbled onto your channel… I don’t know anything about what you are usually doing - but I truly enjoy watching your videos! ❤

[artifactartstudio]

Thanks SO much. Your wife is a lucky lady. I am left to watching doers like yourself to tackle home jobs by myself. Your content is so clear and your work is so thorough. We all know that the way you work is done for the “love” of the home; and if we were to hire out a job like this we would get charged up the you-know-what, and that extra love just wouldn’t be there. Thanks for making your channel accessible to us all.

[VideoNOLA]

20:15 I've had one of those aluminum vent dampers in my shop drawer for 20 years, never knowing what it was. Thanks for showing!!

[sheilarowan]

You always take pride in what you do .That's why it always looks so good .we'll done keep up the great work 👍

[chris-qqnr]

I wished you were my neighbor!! This is the best video I've seen on how to hang a microwave. I am in the midst of DIY myself, and the template/measure discussion was just what I needed to see. I made a cardboard template and measured 10 times so far. I'm going to just do what you did, and measure and not use the template. Just seems much easier and more accurate!! Thank you Sir!

[waynepennington]

I like you as a fixer upper your a good teacher.

[lynnew]

I really like the way that you work, and that you always do the finishing to a high standard.
If and when you move, the new owners will be incredibly fortunate. 👍

[WYO_Dirtbag]

Life is easy when you are dealing with an external wall. Interior wall without cabinets extending to the ceiling makes things a bit more interesting

[shankarh]

Excellent work and narration, great tip about the crush blocks for first time diy installers! I suppose it is easy to overlook that bit. Thank you,

[lisat]

I'm with you on the fiberglass and gloves. I found out that fiberglass should be itchy and whatnot watching videos.... News to me .... Goes and shoves more insulation into a void between joists in the basement... Bare hands... No worries😂. Everyone is different!

[KevinWta]

1:44 The reason why you have to cut the paper on the dotted line is so that you don't have to depend on the printer to print the holes of the template to the right distance from the factory edge of the paper. The dotted lines and the holes of the template will always be in the right distance from each other.

[fredalv]

The 2 small blocks between the cabinet and microwave hit me.😮😮 nice beautiful work.