If your kitchen shares a wall with the garage, venting a kitchen exhaust hood into the garage may seem like a simple solution. After all, the fumes leave the kitchen, and garages are often perceived as “separate” from the rest of the house. However, venting a kitchen exhaust hood into a garage is unsafe, unhealthy, and often against building codes. This guide explains why you should never vent a range hood into a garage, what risks it creates, what most building codes require, and the safest...