Raleigh building codes question

shelby27604

shelby27604

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We are renovating our kitchen, we have a peninsula that divides our kitchen from our living room, we want to put a slide-in electric range on the peninsula, the GC says code requires a vent (downdraft or hood). We are trying to avoid having a good break up the open floor plan, and most downdraft options are for cooktops only.

I would like to install a simple wall mounted exhaust fan and be done with it, as alternative options (downdraft range, or telescopic downdraft) present issues with either packaging constraints or cost constraints. Can anyone point me in the direction of a definitive answer for what I NEED to meet code?
 
Nc mechanical code and nc building code are what raleigh follows. I'm pretty sure you don't have to have a range vent, but if you do you've got to follow code for venting and makeup air. That being said I wouldn't have a house without one.
 
I am pretty sure NC code doesn’t require a vent. Raleigh may be a little stricter. I’d call your permit office and not trust the GC.

telescoping downdraft venting is unreasonably expensive. Slide in ranges are not cheap either.

if “venting” is required, then why are ductless ones an option? All they are really doing is filtering out smells, not actually venting anything unfavorable. The reason is, is because venting is not required by code.
 
Emailed the code department, I got passed off to
a lead inspector who told me there is no requirement for a vent, unless the range you are installing "requires one" which I assume is verbage used to cover ranges with built-in downdraft systems.

We will be installing a through wall fan/vent at 5% of the cost that a downdraft would have cost. I was very excited to hear this, this project has been a slog since day one, this feels like the first thing to go our way in months.
 
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