Is a range hood necessary for a gas stove?
Question:We are renting a house and the gas range is in the middle of the house & has no vent hood. Will there be a carbon monoxide problem? Is it expensive to have one installed?
Answers:
NO! A vent/hood is not necessary for a gas stove. My gas stove is in the middle of my kitchen and I have no hood. There are no poisonous fumes from my stove in the home and there are also no oil or other cooking stains on the ceiling above my stove. I've lived here for over 10 years and the stove was installed a few years before I moved in.
SURE
its the smoke from cooking that stinks up the whole house.
about $200 for a cheap one.
Trust me- mine is broke and my house smells like dinner for days...yuck!
We got one for less that $100. Obviously nothing fancy, just a 2 speed fan and a light.
Honestly I don't think they are really that great. It could be that it just a really cheap one though.
It's held in by 4 screws into the bottom of a couple cabinets mounted on the wall. The thing that kind of sucks is that all the smoke and grease that it sucks up gets blown onto the cabinets right above it. So the handles and doors are left with a sticky film.
No carbon monoxide problem. The only thing you will notice is that grease/oil that comes off the stovetop will go to the ceiling. A hood that vents outside will be a couple hundred dollars. Not removable when you leave.
years ago NO ONE had a fume hood and it was perfectly fine
More Related Questions & Answers...