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My architect says I can locate a gas range top - 4 high capacity
burners plus a high capacity charcoal grill (Wolf Range Top) - on a
portion of my base cabinets directly in front of a window. I asked him
if this met code, and he said yes. Then I asked about grees, he said
you can clean it just like you would clean the tile towards the back of
the range top.

I will be using a 1000 CFM hood.

I can also bump out the base cabinet that has the range top from 25.5"
to, say, 30 inches.

Does anybody feel this would not be a good thing to do, or does it NOT
meet code?

Thanks to all.

Fran



A window is a point of egress during a fire and allowing the potential
source of that fire to interfere with egress is stupid first, and mostly
illegal second. Is *is* against most codes in most jurisdictions. The only
places that would allow it are ones with practically no codes at all or ones
that haven't yet had fires from this and had to address the specific issue.
A stove with that many K burners isn't the safest thing to be dealin with in
the first place. And with a 1000CFM fan, you're talking needing makeup air
in order to run it. The simplest source of makeup air is to crack a window.
Can't do that here. Even if you had a separate duct supplying makeup air,
this is still a BAD BAD BAD idea.

The cleaning issue is mostly secondary to the safety issue, but it's not
one I'd discount either.