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> You don't have ventilation above your stove? My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Anecdotally maybe 75% of friends whose stoves I've observed do t

> You don't have ventilation above your stove? My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Anecdotally maybe 75% of friends whose stoves I've observed do the same thing. It's a travesty as far as I'm concerned, but there you are. (I live in an apartment; otherwise you can bet I would have done something about it before now.)

cess11 2y ago
That's insane. There aren't regulations around this where you live?
- vultour 2y ago
  I really doubt there are regulations around this where you live. Recirculating vents are only going to grow more popular as they're now often built into your electric/induction hob.
  - cess11 2y ago
    OK, here's a portion of it: https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-byggande/boverkets-byggregler/ventilation/koksventilation/ https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-bygg... Not leading away moisture from the kitchen when cooking doesn't sound like a good idea to me but I'm just a child of a craftsperson working with these kinds of things, not one myself. Except if you live in like a hut with a lot of openings or something, but I'm kind of assuming this is about apartments and houses with isolation and so on.
seszett 2y ago
Recirculating ranges are all the rage these days for cheap installations, but they're only usable with lightly smelling cooking. They just have a metal grid that filters and stops grease (which you have to wash often enough) and a carbon filter that lasts a random amount of time. If you didn't check and put one yourself, you might not even have a carbon filter at all. But in all cases this setup is totally insufficient for frying things without stinking the whole place.
adolph 2y ago
> My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Yes, unless you have equal amounts of outside air entering your domicile, a vent leading outside is not effective. A recirculating vent, however, still has a filter. Hood filters capture airborne grease, smoke, steam, heat, odors, and other substances that are produced during cooking under the hood. Without the proper hood filter, your kitchen will be filled with airborne particles you don’t want your staff breathing! [0] 0. https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html

cess11 2y ago

That's insane. There aren't regulations around this where you live?

vultour 2y ago
I really doubt there are regulations around this where you live. Recirculating vents are only going to grow more popular as they're now often built into your electric/induction hob.
- cess11 2y ago
  OK, here's a portion of it: https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-byggande/boverkets-byggregler/ventilation/koksventilation/ https://www.boverket.se/sv/PBL-kunskapsbanken/regler-om-bygg... Not leading away moisture from the kitchen when cooking doesn't sound like a good idea to me but I'm just a child of a craftsperson working with these kinds of things, not one myself. Except if you live in like a hut with a lot of openings or something, but I'm kind of assuming this is about apartments and houses with isolation and so on.

seszett 2y ago

Recirculating ranges are all the rage these days for cheap installations, but they're only usable with lightly smelling cooking. They just have a metal grid that filters and stops grease (which you have to wash often enough) and a carbon filter that lasts a random amount of time. If you didn't check and put one yourself, you might not even have a carbon filter at all. But in all cases this setup is totally insufficient for frying things without stinking the whole place.

adolph 2y ago

> My stove fan vents straight back into the room. Yes, unless you have equal amounts of outside air entering your domicile, a vent leading outside is not effective. A recirculating vent, however, still has a filter. Hood filters capture airborne grease, smoke, steam, heat, odors, and other substances that are produced during cooking under the hood. Without the proper hood filter, your kitchen will be filled with airborne particles you don’t want your staff breathing! [0] 0. https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html https://www.hoodfilters.com/hood-filters.html