Hi, I have bought a small 2 penthouse which comes with a open concept kitchen adjoined with the living area.

Didn't realise that the kitchen area did not come with a window. I wonder if there is any way that I can enclose it partially? My helper does the cooking (stir fry, no deep frying) and I am concerned now with the cooking smell that might invade the living area.

I am trying to upload the floorplan here but unable to as the "insert image" function required a http url ...

Hi, I have bought a small 2 penthouse which comes with a open concept kitchen adjoined with the living area.

Didn't realise that the kitchen area did not come with a window. I wonder if there is any way that I can enclose it partially? My helper does the cooking (stir fry, no deep frying) and I am concerned now with the cooking smell that might invade the living area.

I am trying to upload the floorplan here but unable to as the "insert image" function required a http url ...

Glass panel if possible? If not, look into Fujioh brand cooker hoods. Although they are not so good-looking but in terms of performance (oil extraction, they fare better than other brands. If you have a balcony adjoining the kitchen, it might be possible to put in a ventilating type of cooker hood that can vent out the fumes to the outside. This would entail hacking a ventilation hole in your wall. It's only possible if it's not the main wall of the building and there's a balcony on the other side.

Hi Ugoh,http://www.simplesite.com/u/i45924446._szw1280h1280_.jpg.jfif

Thanks for the inputs, I appreciate it. I was talking to an architect friend and he mentioned a similar workaround like what you've mentioned. The kitchen comes with a Teka hood. Not sure if that hood itself should have a duct ventiliation that leads to somewhere ?

Here's the layout of my lower floor of my small apartment:

http://www.simplesite.com/floorplan-lower-level

Edited August 30, 201115 yr by hl124273

Hello. Hmmm......there isn't much room to play around with. As I have suggested, you can consider installing a glass panel to close off the kitchen with a small fixed panel behind the WD (?washer dryer and sliding panel to go beside the fridge parallel to your entrance corridor. That is a small area so a top hung sliding panel might be workable and neater as there will be no track on the floor. If there is no external ducting to the cooker hood, you can consider changing to Fujioh 800 MK2 (either white or silver colour). www.fujioh.com.sg. This has around 88% oil extraction and you can get a service contract with Fujioh to come twice a year to service it. If you do both of those, then I think that over 90% of the cooking fumes would be prevented from getting to the rest of your place.