durable, cleanable, quiet whole-house window fan?

Post date: 2019-06-17 17:27:59

I want to put a large fan into my kitchen window to blow hot air out of the apartment and draw cooler outside air in through other windows in the apartment. Looking for product recommendations and advice for removing the inevitable layer of kitchen grease.

My apartment is 12000 cubic feet, so sfgate recommends a 6000 cfm fan. Seems unlikely I'll achieve that with anything meant to pop into a 27.5" wide window, so I'm happy to settle for 2000-3000 cfm.

Any recommendations for a 2000-3000 cfm fan that fits into a 27.5" wide window?

My front-runner right now is the Air King 9166F whole house window fan (specs), but I don't really know this space and I'm concerned about all the negative reviews mentioning premature failures and excessive noise.

Another concern: I'm going to put this in the kitchen as an exhaust fan, which means the air going into the fan will be laden with smoke and aerosolized cooking grease.

Is there anything like a grease trap for window fans? Or, failing that, how do I clean the grease off the fan?

I realize a range hood is what I really want, but I'm in an apartment and the best I have is a recirculating thing. :-/

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