Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
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I have been asked by my code enforecement department to research the requirements for an electric range to be installed in an employee break room. We are having problems interpreting the code (within the state of Kentucky). My question is as follows:
For an employee break room with a small electric range, is a range hood required? If so what type and are there additional requirements for a fire suppression system?
For an employee break room with a small electric range, is a range hood required? If so what type and are there additional requirements for a fire suppression system?





RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
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RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
Does an employee break room/kitchen constitute a commercial cooking operation? Anyone ran across this situation in other areas?
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RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
1.Wall-mounted hood: Require 50 to 70 CFM per sq. ft. of hood area.
Minimum of 300 CFM.
2.Open Grill: Require 100 to 150 CFM per sq. ft. of hood. Minimum
of 600 CFM.
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RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
I haven't had this discussion with any Kentucky code officials, but in Shelby County TN, you'd have to have a hood with full fire suppression system.
Our fire prevention bureau holds the opinion that if there's a stove, there WILL be deep-fat frying, no matter what anybody says and no matter who signs their name in blood swearing that there will never be grease in the building. Any non-residential occupancy, that's how strict they get here.
Let us know how your research turns out!
Old Dave
RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
Your solution is certainly the most sensible, but I very strongly advise checking with the AHJ first. It would be bad enough to be required to put in a commercial hood with fire suppression, but if you have to remove a residential one first, you're out twice.
Old Dave
RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms
RE: Range hood requirements for employee break rooms