Kitchen ventilation guides
Plain-English guides to the standards and decisions behind commercial kitchen ventilation, written from our experience on real projects by Tony Bright, Managing Director.
What do you need to know?
DW/172 explained
The UK kitchen ventilation specification in practice: design method, make-up air, fire separation, commissioning and where kitchens fall short.
Kitchen extract and planning
Getting odour and noise approved: EMAQ+ risk scores, ESP and carbon, discharge height, timescales and what to check before signing a lease.
Gas interlock requirements
What an interlock does, who is responsible, what triggers the requirement, and safety systems for charcoal and wood.
TR19 Grease and duct cleaning
Designing extract that can actually be cleaned, how often to clean, and what a proper post-clean report should show.
All-electric kitchens
Why electric does not mean less ventilation: induction, steam, recirculation, heat recovery and power supply.
Need advice on a specific kitchen?
Send us the layout and equipment schedule and we will tell you what applies.