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> Use your stove's vent fans! We saw a huge improvement in air quality (less smoke, less steam, less grease) when I installed a vent to the outside so the micr
by quercusa 5y ago
> Use your stove's vent fans!
We saw a huge improvement in air quality (less smoke, less steam, less grease) when I installed a vent to the outside so the microwave fan over the stove could vent outside instead of just circulating the smoke through some charcoal filters.
- Johnny555 5y agoThat makes sense during normal times, but when the air quality outside is hazardous, venting the air outside means it's pulling unfiltered air inside your house. So use sparingly. The last time I lived in a place with an unvented stovetop microwave fan, the previous owner never bothered to install the filters, so it was just recirculating unfiltered air.
- codemac 5y agoIt pull in outside air, yes, but things are more dynamic than that. Most likely you don't have perfect seals on all your windows, walls, doors, pipes, fans etc. Secondly, the air from cooking is generally very bad, especially if you're using nonstick surfaces or using much of anything with oil. It's probably better to trade it for smokey air outside.