Gas Grill Under Covered Porch

Grill maker weber offers similar advice.

Gas grill under covered porch.

Kalamazoo recommends using a grill under a roof only with a hood vent or with a ceiling made of fireproof material. Always keep your grill at least 5 feet. How would you treat a permanently built in natural gas grill under a new covered attached patio. 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.

Additionally there may be local rules regulations and ordinances that prevent a grill from being used inside a screened in porch. The burning gas could permanently stain your ceiling. You probably can grill on a screened in porch with a propane grill but you probably don t want to. A gas fire pit can often be installed under a covered patio but the fire pit must be pre approved by your city first.

For propane or gas barbecue grills the safest place to use them is on the ground away from patios decks terraces or roofs. Only a few listed models even allow for this. I hate doing these and have always deterred clients from putting grills under overhead construction but this particular client wants a grill under an attached patio cover and on a concrete patio slab. Some jurisdictions allow a grill on a porch uncovered but only if it is permanently mounted not portable i.

The new york city fire department also cites breaking this rule as an illegal violation of the city s fire codes. You also need to confirm that the ceiling height ventilation location and flooring of your outdoor space meet the manufacturer s requirements prior to installation. 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. The balcony was open on 3 sides so there was plenty of airflow.

It has a cast enclosure probably more heat dissipated than your egg but much less than a sheet metal cheap grill.