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Your kitchen is a vital part of your home. It’s where you prepare and enjoy your meals to start and finish a long day. During the process of cooking, fumes from the stovetop can get overwhelming, making it difficult for you to finish your dish and turning cooking into a chore instead of something to enjoy. With the proper kitchen ventilation, however, you can keep yourself cool while working with the flames. Naturally, you want to know how exactly you can improve kitchen ventilation in your home. Keep reading to learn how you can make these lasting changes.

Signs of Poor Kitchen Ventilation

Before we dive into kitchen ventilation improvements, it’s first important to know how to tell if the quality of said ventilation is less than acceptable. If you get smoke or debris in your eyes, find yourself needing to cough or sneeze, see kitchen windows fogging up, or smoke is rather thick, you should invest in some changes to your kitchen’s ventilation system.

Top 5 Kitchen Ventilation Improvements for Your Home

Without proper kitchen ventilation, you can prepare meals in a space free of unpleasant odors, greasy surfaces, and other air quality issues. With these tips, you can cook in an environment full of fresh air and cleanliness.

1. Install A Properly Sized Range Hood

The most significant kitchen ventilation improvement you can implement is to have a properly sized range hood. A range hood that doesn’t fit won’t be able to eliminate pollutants, create excessive noise, and even drive up your energy bill. As far as range hood options are concerned, you can choose whether you want one that’s ducted or ductless. You can also determine the location of your vent hood with wall mount, under-cabinet, microwave, island, or downdraft range hoods. You also want to look at ventilation strength or CFM when choosing your kitchen range hood.

2. Add A Fan

An overhead fan can make a huge difference in your kitchen if you don’t have or can’t install a range hood. Having box fans plugged in while you cook can also help keep your kitchen air well-ventilated if you are waiting for a vent hood installation. Placing a fan by an open window will make it easier to remove pollutants from your home.

3. Open Windows

A simple way to improve kitchen ventilation is to open nearby windows to let in fresh air. Just like a fan, it will also allow for fresh air to enter your home, keeping you from being overwhelmed by fumes and other airborne cooking debris. You can go an additional step and place a fan by the open windows.

4. Use Cooking Lids

Cooking lids and splatter screens can make a difference in reducing the amount of indoor pollution and interference with kitchen ventilation. They will also help keep your kitchen clean, making cleanup much easier.

5. Use a HEPA Purifier

You can also maintain clean air in your kitchen by installing a HEPA purifier. HEPA (high-efficiency particulate air) purifiers clean 99.7 percent of particulates that are more than 0.3 microns and are a great choice if you cook with gas and/or suffer from cardiovascular problems like asthma. When choosing a HEPA purifier, make sure you find one that will be compatible with the square footage of your kitchen.

6. Keep Vent Hood and Kitchen Clean

Finally, the simplest way to improve kitchen ventilation is to keep your vent hood and kitchen clean whenever you finish cooking. Neglecting to thoroughly clean your vent hood and kitchen will allow all kinds of debris and particulate matter to build up over time, leading to indoor air pollution and poor kitchen ventilation. Committing to this practice is an easy and cost-free way to maintain proper kitchen air quality.

Improve Your Kitchen With A Stellar Remodel!

Are you ready to implement these improvements to your kitchen’s ventilation system? If so, you can go further by making these improvements part of your kitchen remodeling project. Our DreamHome Remodeling & Builders team will do everything to take your kitchen to the next level, so contact us today.

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