We're remodeling our kitchen, and one of the layouts puts the gas stove (cooktop & oven) below an existing window. That makes it very difficult (read: impossible) to install a traditional hood above the stove.
First question, is there a requirement to have a range hood? This is an average 4 burner stove, nothing industrial.
Second question, is there even a requirement to have a vent in the kitchen? If I don't need a hood, I could likely still have a vent, just not over the stove.
Finally, if the hood is needed, would it still be needed if we had a gas cooktop, but electric ovens elsewhere. IOW, is it the combination of cooktop & ovens that requires a hood (if one is required at all).
And yes, we're still considering if we'd even want a stove w/out a hood, but if we can't do it, then whether we'd want it isn't relevant.
First question, is there a requirement to have a range hood? This is an average 4 burner stove, nothing industrial.
Second question, is there even a requirement to have a vent in the kitchen? If I don't need a hood, I could likely still have a vent, just not over the stove.
Finally, if the hood is needed, would it still be needed if we had a gas cooktop, but electric ovens elsewhere. IOW, is it the combination of cooktop & ovens that requires a hood (if one is required at all).
And yes, we're still considering if we'd even want a stove w/out a hood, but if we can't do it, then whether we'd want it isn't relevant.