Kitchen stove vent help . . . please

Sal · 03-20-2014, 02:43 PM

We have a fairly new house. The vent, over the kitchen stove, is vented out a wall into a porch area which is screened in the summer and somewhat enclosed, in the winter, then out through the roof of the porch. The venting material looks to be "stove-pipe".

I think there's something amiss, as one can smell the odor of what ever is being pulled out of the stove, in the porch, rather strongly. Further when it's cold (and when hasn't it been, lately) the chill blows in through the vent and into our kitchen. Unpleasant and expensive.

Seems to be a contradictory problem ... cold air coming in ... cooking odors not going out ....

I've tried to get help from a few local HVAC people without success. Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree.

Can you recommend a person or company which would fix the problem?

By the way, I'm old and fat and I'm not climbing up on that porch roof . . . .
come hell or high water.

03-20-2014, 02:43 PM	#1
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Kitchen stove vent help . . . please We have a fairly new house. The vent, over the kitchen stove, is vented out a wall into a porch area which is screened in the summer and somewhat enclosed, in the winter, then out through the roof of the porch. The venting material looks to be "stove-pipe". I think there's something amiss, as one can smell the odor of what ever is being pulled out of the stove, in the porch, rather strongly. Further when it's cold (and when hasn't it been, lately) the chill blows in through the vent and into our kitchen. Unpleasant and expensive. Seems to be a contradictory problem ... cold air coming in ... cooking odors not going out .... I've tried to get help from a few local HVAC people without success. Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree. Can you recommend a person or company which would fix the problem? By the way, I'm old and fat and I'm not climbing up on that porch roof . . . . come hell or high water.