Make Up Air & Hood Exhaust Systems
Make-up air units and hood exhaust systems work together to maintain proper air balance in commercial kitchens. Without adequate make-up air, your exhaust hoods can't function efficiently, creating negative pressure that causes drafty conditions, doors slamming, and poor hood performance. Complete Technical Solutions designs, installs, and maintains complete make-up air and hood exhaust systems.
Understanding make-up air and exhaust system engineering helps you solve problems most building owners don't even know they have:
Negative Pressure — The Silent Problem Destroying Your Kitchen Environment
Negative pressure is what happens when your exhaust system is pulling more air out of the building than is being replaced. The symptoms are anything but subtle — doors that are hard to open or won't stay closed, a constant draft through the dining room, smoke and cooking odors rolling out of the kitchen into guest areas, and a hood that never quite captures everything it should. In extreme cases the back door blows open on its own. Negative pressure is almost always a make up air problem, not an exhaust problem.
Hood Not Capturing Smoke and Grease
Make Up Air Unit Not Heating Incoming Air
Make Up Air System Never Balanced
Excessive Energy Consumption from an Unbalanced System
Undersized Exhaust Fans for High-Volume Cooking
Ensure your kitchen has proper air balance for safety, comfort, and efficiency. Call Complete Technical Solutions at 804-594-9663.