Gas Grill Under Roofs

For a grill enthusiast with a professional 36 or 48 inch grill you should buy a big enough blower.

Gas grill under roofs.

The manufacturers installation instructions for both mobile and built in grills state that you should not locate a grill under any unprotected combustible roof or eave. Building codes definitely apply when a gas distribution system from the home is extended to permanently serve the outdoor grill. It has a cast enclosure probably more heat dissipated than your egg but much less than a sheet metal cheap grill. Permits for the deck and piping are required with inspections.

Most grill manufacturers will tell you to keep a minimum of two feet from your gas grill. You should look at a commercial rooftop blower of 1800 cfm or more. An exhaust hood can be expensive but it is effective at managing smoke when the grill is under a roof or near a window and may prevent smoke from entering the home and triggering the alarm system. Kalamazoo recommends using a grill under a roof only with a hood vent or with a ceiling made of fireproof material.

The balcony was open on 3 sides so there was plenty of airflow. They mean exposed wood rafters wood soffit boards plywood decking and so forth. Grill maker weber offers similar advice. In fact the united states consumer product safety commission recommends you place the grill at least 10 feet from any standing structure source.

I grilled under a 9 treated lumber deck once or twice a week for a summer and a couple times in the snow and have had no damage with my weber genesis gas grill. Sep 16 2011 this pin was discovered by lia huem. Roconnor just to further clarify it is a large fixed open gas grill set in masonry on the side of the deck directly under an unprotected combustible roof projection. Discover and save your own pins on pinterest.

Best a well known hood manufacturer produces a 1 500 cfm blower which will still be underpowered.