Kitchens are typically open, connected and viewable from another aspect of a house. I understand that that’s a pro for ventilation however, if a kitchen fire were to start, wouldn’t it be better to have it be in a closed off room that you can just easily shut a door too? For example, if a kitchen was placed in an area that could be used as a bedroom, wouldn’t that be good for stopping the spread of a fire if one were to occur?
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All the answers here are good. From a Building/Fire Code perspective: The codes are designed to give people warning and time to get out when a fire happens (and to ensure fire resistant construction is used to inhibit spread) not prevent fires from happening. If you are making your 3am snack and light the house on fire (the assumption is) you will call emergency services and get everyone up and out before the smoke and fumes incapacitate everyone. Smoke and fumes from burning materials are what kill most people in residential fires.
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