Range Hood
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Can a Range Hood and an ERV be Integrated?
A reader asks whether installing an energy recovery ventilator in a new house will limit the capacity of a range hood
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Makeup Air for Kitchen Exhaust
What the code does and doesn't say about kitchen exhaust and makeup air and how to prevent backdrafting of certain combustion appliances
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Does My Vent Hood Need Makeup Air?
With plans for building a tight house, a homeowner wonders whether makeup air should be provided for the kitchen hood
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All About Makeup Air
If your house is very tight, you may need to provide a source of makeup air for your exhaust appliances
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Fantech Develops Kit for Range Hood Makeup Air
The device introduces outdoor makeup air to balance exhaust air, thereby preventing backdrafting
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How to Provide Makeup Air for Range Hoods
If your kitchen has a powerful exhaust fan, it may be making your indoor air worse
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Why Range Hoods Don’t Work
To avoid kitchen air pollution, you want a wide, 200-cfm range hood that is installed as close to the burners as possible
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Dealing with a High-Capacity Range Hood
Big fans need lots of makeup air, but where does it come from?
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Makeup Air for Range Hoods
If your kitchen has a powerful exhaust fan, it may be pulling air down your chimney or water-heater flue
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Can a Kitchen Downdraft Fan Be Connected To an HRV?
Heat recovery ventilators bring fresh air into a house while exhausting stale air. Builders pull stale bathroom air through HRVs all the time — but what about greasy kitchen air?
