Kitchen Hood Installation

Can a Range Hood Share the Same Duct as My HVAC System?

A kitchen range hood should never vent into your heating and cooling ductwork. The short answer to the range hood shared duct HVAC question is no. Grease-laden kitchen air belongs in a dedicated exhaust line that runs straight outside. Denver homeowners ask this question often during remodels, especially when a kitchen sits close to existing supply or return ducts. Tying the two together looks like a shortcut. It creates fire hazards, air quality problems, and code violations instead. Below, you learn why kitchen exhaust and HVAC ducts must stay separate, what our techs find when a past installer cut corners, [...]

November 11, 2026|Categories: Kitchen Hood Installation|

How Often Should a Restaurant Clean Its Kitchen Exhaust Hood?

A grease fire in a restaurant kitchen rarely starts on the cooktop. It starts inside the hood, ducts, and fan where grease has been building for months unseen. That is why restaurant kitchen exhaust cleaning frequency is one of the most important safety decisions a Denver food business makes. The answer is not one-size-fits-all. A high-volume wok station and a sandwich shop griddle produce very different grease loads. This article breaks down how to set your cleaning interval by cooking volume and grease type. You will learn what inspectors look for, what our techs find inside neglected hoods, and how [...]

November 7, 2026|Categories: Kitchen Hood Installation|
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