I’m having a new home built that will have a downdraft cooktop. I’d also like to add a second exhaust fan in the kitchen, but not one with a range hood. I was hoping to put a bathroom exhaust fan on the ceiling (9′) of the kitchen to remove any odours, or smoke (burnt toast) that might end up in the kitchen. I’m guessing that the downdraft on the cooktop is only useful when using the cooktop. So how can I deal with odour/smoke from a toaster, oven, etc? I was told by someone that I can’t use a bathroom exhaust fan in a kitchen. Is that true, even when there’s a downdraft fan for the cooktop?
Thanks.
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There are a bunch of "bathroom SYTLE" fan that say for cooking orders.
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=93612.1
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
You can put a bath fan anywhere, it just can't be used over a stove unless it's rated for such.
Your downdraft will pull air from the entire room so I doubt it will benefit you to add another fan up high, other than it better removes hot air and it's possible to install a remote fan that's much quieter. Along the same lines, a remote kitchen fan can be retrofitted into your downdraft for much less noise.
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Thanks for the replies. After my initial post I went to Panasonic's website and found a "fan selector" page where I entered the size of the room, the room type "Kitchen", and something else. It listed a model in the "Whisper Ceiling" line. It doesn't say kitchen in the literature, but the website selector picked it.
I don't think I need it to go directly over the cooktop, so I guess any fan would do. Even if it were over the cooktop, it would be about six feet above it. I just want to be able to pull odours/smoke out of the room more affectively that with the downdraft.
Thanks for the replies.
I'm a huge fan of the Fantec remote fans. Less expensive than you'd think and pur like a kitten. With a good distance to the motor they are silent except for the flapper opening up and closing down. Much better to use if your kitchen borders the dining room.
A good panasonic will also be quite quiet, but the fantec grill is much less obvious and your cost between the two will be minimal.
good building
Beer was created so carpenters wouldn't rule the world.
Probably your best bet would be one of the Fantech duct fans. You can install one fan and then split the input to draw from grilles several different places in the kitchen.
American Aldes makes a very nice remote fan also.
FHB advertiser too.
Get a fantech and have a timer switch installed that has increments of 20-40-60 minutes
http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Button-Timer-Minutes-Fantech-FD60-EM/dp/B000GXAOU2/ref=sr_1_23/002-8254663-6865660?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1187385602&sr=8-23
Somewhere one here(maybe on CooksTalk?) there was a discussion about downdraft fans and the concensus was that they don't work well.
I like the idea of using a bathroom fan, as long as it will work for the purpose. How easy are they to clean? Kitchens get alot of grease/dirt film built up.
My thinking, and I might be wrong, is that there won't be any "kitchen grease" drawn into the fan because I have 9' ceilings and the fan won't be directly over the cooktop.
Don't tell my wife that I admitted that "I might be wrong". ;-)
No worse than hairspray in the bathroom.
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You'se guys must be in your 20's or 30's.
Don't you remember the kitchen ceiling applications of these small flush mounted things in the houses back in the 40's and 50's? Dark, dirty streaks across the ceiling where the cooking greases and soots would condense while being drawn out.
They belong in bathrooms and trailers.
I'm not sure how that works. All I know is that when I washed my kitchen walls & ceiling (before repainting), grease AND dirt was all over, even far away from the stove!Newest Maxism. Dinner & Mother & Father w/Buck, his wife & children. On his plate, Max has white bread bun & plain pasta which he proceeds to cover w/grated Paremesan. Mother, "Max, do you want any veggies?" No Oma. Me, "How about some meat sauce for your pasta?" No Tante Plantlust. Mother, "Any salad?" No Oma. Mother, "But you should eat something with a different colour." Me, "Everything you're eating is white, Max. You will poop WHITE!" Max, "Poop white?! You better not say that, I'll just repeat it."