Stove vent
Our stove sits partway inside the old fireplace for a range in our kitchen, but it is actually not vented, and the fireplace is sealed. We open the window whenever we use the oven, but even so the fumes are disgusting and it’s uncomfortable to be in the kitchen. We would like to open the…
Our stove sits partway inside the old fireplace for a range in our kitchen, but it is actually not vented, and the fireplace is sealed. We open the window whenever we use the oven, but even so the fumes are disgusting and it’s uncomfortable to be in the kitchen.
We would like to open the fireplace and install a liner and vent and hook it up to the stove, but we would like the vent to be inside the chimney where it doesn’t show. Does anyone know what kind of vent we would buy, and if this is possible? Also, how do you hook up the oven to the vent? We spoke to Manny LaSalle about it several times and have the impression that around these parts, the standard procedure is to place a standard (ugly) vent right over the stove and there is no oven hookup. Where I am from, every oven is vented from the rear with its own pipe.
Also, our mantle is very low over the stove — about 1.5 feet higher than the stove top.
Stove top cooking seems like a more important venting issue than the oven because you’re probably useing the stove top more than the oven. The last couple stove/ovens I’ve had vented through the top, at the back of the stovetop, but not in a way where you could attach an exhaust pipe, but over the stove exhaust would carry away oven exhaust.
I’m just trying to vent the stove, hopefully without changing the appearance or structure of our existing kitchen mantle and chimney. It’s a mantle for a built-in range circa 1895, so it has a big chunk of slate at about shoulder or head height resting on either side of the brick chimney.
Our gas oven does not have a vent port, but we could buy one that does. Maybe we could vent the oven though a pipe that goes up the chimney, and not bother with a range hood or a motor?
I was wondering if you could fake it–use a larger vent than fits in the fireplace and build a mantle that conceals how far the vent sticks into the room. Meaning that it would look like a deep mantle but the actual mantle structure would be much thinner than it looks in depth and thickness.
I’m not sure I understand–is the issue that the fireplace isn’t deep enough for an effective vent?
you could try using a downdraft ventilator mounted sideways. No idea if would work, but it would likely fit in the space. Not sure why you wouldn’t get a standard wall mounted hood and hide it with woodwork if you really can’t stand looking at stainless steel. Vent-a-Hood and others make nice plain stainless steel hoods without any crass advertising on them.
She’s from California, so there’s no tellin’ what madness she’s seen.
The range should not have odors, unless it’s dirty or if you’re using the self cleaning setting.
Range ovens generally vent onto the burner surface.
Our kitchen flue was closed at both ends, but upon opening both ends, it was found to be properly lined from the days of the brick-set wood/coal range that had been there and we vent the exhaust hood via that flue.
Our PO (previous owner) removed the stone lintel like you have so she could have that range hood. But the stone lintel slab would look nicer, for sure. I have seen one range hood by Frigidaire that could perhaps fit BEHIND the lintel and has a drawer like vent portion extending forward when you open it. It’s model GLHV30T4K.
Yeah, where are you from?
What kind of oven? gas or electric? vent port for the oven? can use galvanized vent pipe for oven and stove top application. seal seams with foil tape. Need motor to draw the fumes, heat and odors up chimney. how far is the chimney run?
where are you from that all the ovens are vented directly without overhead vent?