Older building complaints of hot kitchen
Older building complaints of hot kitchen
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Hi, first post here been searching through and finding lots of great info!
I have an older building where the residents are complaining of the kitchen area being excessively
Hot when cooking. The exhaust fan is extremely old and are being swapped out but even then it is still not helping that much more. Now obviously the exhaust is limited to fresh air being replaced. There is no duct/vent to the kitchen from fan coil and am wondering if short of major changes would a transfer fan from
The main area into the kitchen help with circulating the cooler air? Or ?
I have an older building where the residents are complaining of the kitchen area being excessively
Hot when cooking. The exhaust fan is extremely old and are being swapped out but even then it is still not helping that much more. Now obviously the exhaust is limited to fresh air being replaced. There is no duct/vent to the kitchen from fan coil and am wondering if short of major changes would a transfer fan from
The main area into the kitchen help with circulating the cooler air? Or ?





RE: Older building complaints of hot kitchen
Is this a commercial kitchen with exhaust hoods ?
How else are you making up the Kitchen exhaust. Are you dumping untempered air directly into the Kitchen from a Make-up air Unit ?
I have typically provided mechanical cooling in the Kitchens I have designed using fan coils units if there is chilled water available.
Usually if there are kitchen hoods present most of the heat is contained in the hoods.
RE: Older building complaints of hot kitchen
About 5th up 1 foot back so pretty much above your head when standing at the stove. Make up is building system.
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Some sort of circulation fan from another room's air would probably help quite a bit.
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Kitchen hoods are not really designed to remove heat, just fumes and odors. Clean the ducts as these are probably partially clogged up with residue.