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Indoor air pollution is only a serious problem for unvented gas stoves. Current building codes require venting for gas stoves and any gas stove installed in the

Indoor air pollution is only a serious problem for unvented gas stoves. Current building codes require venting for gas stoves and any gas stove installed in the 21st century will have a vent.

lozenge 5y ago
People don't always use the vent.
- cwkoss 5y ago
  Vents should turn on automatically while the burner is ignited and for some amount of time after.
  - majormajor 5y ago
    That would be nice, and maybe brand-new places are doing that, but across 10+ apartments with gas stoves I've rented in the past 15-odd years, none of them have done that.
    - cwkoss 5y ago
      Me neither. I have an induction burner and would still love this feature on my vent - particularly for smoky steaks or oil fumes - sometimes I forget to turn it on/off. I think an IR thermometer that activates the vent whenever the cooktop is over ~115F would accomplish this pretty well, provided the switch had a manual override to force it on if the sensor fails. A quick search indicates they do exist on some pricier models. I suppose there could be edge cases where the vent could make a stove fire worse by increasing airflow - wonder if these 'smart' vents have logic to handle these cases.
  - eigenhombre 5y ago
    I personally have never seen this happen on any gas stove I've been around (US Midwest mostly).
- pat2man 5y ago
  People don’t even know they are supposed to use the vent.
kingnothing 5y ago
Many (most?) vents do not vent outdoors; they are attached to the microwave and simply move hot air from below the microwave to above it. It's still a major problem.
- andiareso 5y ago
  Source? In Minnesota at least, I've lived in 5 houses between the years 80s to 2010s that all had external venting with gas stove tops (no remodels). Our new house we are building also is required to have external venting due to code. I know states have individual requirements, but in Minnesota it is required to exhaust to external air. https://up.codes/viewer/minnesota/mn-mechanical-code-2015/chapter/5/exhaust-systems#502.1 https://up.codes/viewer/minnesota/mn-mechanical-code-2015/ch... [EDIT] Code is from 2015 so at least since then.
bagacrap 5y ago
people I've lived with have refused to use the vent due to the noise it produces

Indoor air pollution is only a serious problem for unvented gas stoves. Current building codes require venting for gas stoves and any gas stove installed in the 21st century will have a vent.

lozenge 5y ago

People don't always use the vent.

cwkoss 5y ago
Vents should turn on automatically while the burner is ignited and for some amount of time after.
- majormajor 5y ago
  That would be nice, and maybe brand-new places are doing that, but across 10+ apartments with gas stoves I've rented in the past 15-odd years, none of them have done that.
  - cwkoss 5y ago
    Me neither. I have an induction burner and would still love this feature on my vent - particularly for smoky steaks or oil fumes - sometimes I forget to turn it on/off. I think an IR thermometer that activates the vent whenever the cooktop is over ~115F would accomplish this pretty well, provided the switch had a manual override to force it on if the sensor fails. A quick search indicates they do exist on some pricier models. I suppose there could be edge cases where the vent could make a stove fire worse by increasing airflow - wonder if these 'smart' vents have logic to handle these cases.
- eigenhombre 5y ago
  I personally have never seen this happen on any gas stove I've been around (US Midwest mostly).
pat2man 5y ago
People don’t even know they are supposed to use the vent.

kingnothing 5y ago

Many (most?) vents do not vent outdoors; they are attached to the microwave and simply move hot air from below the microwave to above it. It's still a major problem.

andiareso 5y ago
Source? In Minnesota at least, I've lived in 5 houses between the years 80s to 2010s that all had external venting with gas stove tops (no remodels). Our new house we are building also is required to have external venting due to code. I know states have individual requirements, but in Minnesota it is required to exhaust to external air. https://up.codes/viewer/minnesota/mn-mechanical-code-2015/chapter/5/exhaust-systems#502.1 https://up.codes/viewer/minnesota/mn-mechanical-code-2015/ch... [EDIT] Code is from 2015 so at least since then.

bagacrap 5y ago

people I've lived with have refused to use the vent due to the noise it produces