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Kitchen ventilation regs. Catering and cooking can produce significant amounts of fumes and vapours as well as large amounts of heat. One of the main commercial kitchen extraction regulations is the workplace health safety and welfare regulations 1992. Just moved home or about to renovate your living and kitchen space. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
If a bathroom or kitchen is to be provided in a room where there wasn t one before or you are knocking down a wall loadbearing or not building regulations approval is likely to be required to ensure the room will have adequate ventilation and drainage and meet requirements in respect of structural stability and electrical and fire safety. Kitchen ventilation typically is provided by a vent hood also called a range hood or by an above the counter microwave with an integrated vent fan. This makes it a legal requirement for employers to provide ventilation in every enclosed workplace including kitchens. Select 100 is a classically styled bathroom extractor fan range designed to comply with current building regulations.
For toilets only purge ventilation an opening window door on an external wall meeting the requirements specified in appendix 2 of approved document f ventilation. There are various issues you may come up against but the key focus is always fire safety. This includes kitchens which need ventilation to create a safe and comfortable working environment. Building regulations that came into force in april 2006 state that extract ventilation must be fitted in kitchens built from that date.
Without ventilation it is possible that carbon dioxide water vapour organic impurities smoking fumes and gases could reduce the air quality by humidity dust and odours and also reduce the percentage of oxygen in the air to make the building less comfortable to work. Cooking surfaces cooktop or range top must be ventilated by a hooded fan rated for at least 100 cubic feet per minute cfm. Ventilation 2010 edition incorporating 2010 and 2013 amendments ref. Regulations 1992 these regulations require that employers provide effective and suitable ventilation in every enclosed workplace.
Any new kitchen bathroom or shower room utility room or toilet should be provided with a means of extract ventilation to reduce condensation and remove smells. Ventilation of a building is required to maintain air quality and so contribute to the health and comfort of the occupants. The trend for opening up a property removing walls to get that amazing feeling of space as well as making your mark on your home or a new house continues to grow however going open plan can be a building regulations minefield.