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Old 12-22-2019, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
Most CYV, patio houses, and some low end designer’s don’t have exhaust fan over the the stove that exits to the attics. It just pulls the steam/smoke off top of stove and vent it through filter and exits above stove from the exhaust hood attached to microwave. If you have home that don’t exit to attic and you have smoke detector in the kitchen at ceilings height when you cook or bake and something spilled out in the oven and smokes the detector going to go off. Yes, I know majority don’t use oven’s in the villages.
Venting into the attic is no longer allowed by the building code. If you vent the kitchen or the bathrooms, they need to vent to the outside of the house.