Mexican Restaurant

[dzender]

I've got a Mexican Restaurant next to the laundry in a strip center. Their kitchen exhaust fans are on the roof in close proximity to my make-up vents. Depending upon the direction of the wind on any given day, this spicy food smell infiltrates my dryers and now my laundry smells like a Mexican restaurant.

Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? My make-up vents are 14" round pipe through the roof with candycanes on top. I don't know if there is any kind of filter? Perhaps adding a few feet of pipe before the candy cane?

I dunno but I am tired of this. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Maybe put out bowls of tortilla chips for your customers?

Sorry couldn't resist. The only thing I can think of is making up some kind of home-brew baffle to try to redirect the exaust away from your vents. Maybe sneak up in the dead of night and extend the restaurant vents a couple feet higher up into the wind, then claim ignorance when someone finds out.

- John

[Anonymous]

As a landlord I would speak with them about the problem. If only 1 exhaust that is easier to work with than xxNO. of makeup vents. Try raising the vent a few feet & maybe try a shield in your direction to spread & lift exhaust smells.

Let us know what you do--this is certainly not the first time for an intake problem. Hope this helps.....

Ken

[pete f]

You are also sucking grease back in. The only solution is change the way the vents are as others suggest, of find make up air from a new source, say a side wall, the air between the roof and ceilings, etc.