Vents/Gas Range/Stove

[jmedina]

Does FHA require vents to be in place with a gas range/Stove. I cant recall if I read that somewhere in the FHA guidelines. Any help would be appreciated. thx

 

[Randolph Kinney]

Let see, if you have a gas stove with out a vent or proper ventilation, would that constitute a safety hazard?

 

[jmedina]

it is not a free standing stove. It is a built in stove.

 

[saltytx]

The majority of new gas ranges/ hobs are vent-free. I'm not sure about CA code requirements, but it is not a safety issue.

 

[Randolph Kinney]

The safety hazard would be if the kitchen (whatever room a gas appliance is located in) is not properly vented or has enough ventilation (exchange of fresh air) to prevent any build up of carbon monoxide gas or carbon dioxide gas.

If there is any concern, like a gas hot water heater for example, you would want that directly vented to the outside.

Some people are not concerned about small amounts of combustion gases being discharged directly into the living space of a room. But they should be.

 

[Rrebera]

Proper ventilation is needed a range hood and it must be properly sized.
It is important that your installer conducts a worst-case depressurization test. This combustion safety test determines if any non-sealed combustion appliances will backdraft or spill combustion products into the living space. Tell your installer this test should use an established procedure such as Appendix D of the International Fuel and Gas Code or ASTM E1998 "Guide for Assessing Backdrafting and Spillage from Vented Combustion Appliances"

 

[Riick]

Proper ventilation is needed a range hood and it must be properly sized.
It is important that your installer conducts a worst-case depressurization test. This combustion safety test determines if any non-sealed combustion appliances will backdraft or spill combustion products into the living space. Tell your installer this test should use an established procedure such as Appendix D of the International Fuel and Gas Code or ASTM E1998 "Guide for Assessing Backdrafting and Spillage from Vented Combustion Appliances"

Please forward this to the City of Philadelphia.
There are probably well over 1/4 million gas ranges w/o any ventilation whatsoever there.
Locals find that acceptable, probably as a result of brain damage from combustion products in their homes.

 

[Mountain Man]

I've never seen a vented gas oven, they all have CO safety cut offs. Most gas log sets are the same way now.

 

[moh malekpour]

I don't think the oven/range ventilation is for gas leak. It is for cooking odor or smoke. It is like a bathroom ventilation fan. It can be considered a health issue. If the kitchen gets full with smoke when you burning your fish, that ventilation fan helps to get it out. If the bathroom with no windows, get full of steam or odor from tiolet, that ventilation can get it out.

 

[Mike Boyd]

Please forward this to the City of Philadelphia.
There are probably well over 1/4 million gas ranges w/o any ventilation whatsoever there.
Locals find that acceptable, probably as a result of brain damage from combustion products in their homes.

No wonder Arizona beat Philly in the playoffs. LOL