Kitchen Gas Appliances - Vent for the gas range

Hi,
If the pilot lights have to remain on all the time, there should be some kind of air flow to the outside of the house to remove products of burning.

House we moved in has no venting for gas range, only the back door near the range, sash window in the far end of the kitchen, and the doorless doorway between the rooms and the kitchen. Somewhere in the wall behind the range should be access to chimney, and wall space enough big for the new window at the side of the range.

The question is what are requirements for adequate ventilation above the range and any directions for the project, may be URLs or keywords for a search?

I see now three possible solutions:
1) buy the electrical stove,
2) find access to the chimney and add one more flexible pipe from the top of the chimney to the range and add a metal hood, and
3) make additional window at the side of range (wall is load-bearing, brick).

Any suggestions?
I'm totally new to this, basic ventilation was expected to be built in.

Thanks,
Brett0987

P.S. What is the difference between a range and a stove?

Hello: Brett

To the best of my knowledge, there is not law, code or any requirement to have a stove/range vented. Properly adjusted burners with flames burning blue produce heat, moisture and extremely minute amounts of by products. Levels of carbon monoxides are in trace levels too small to be of any concerns.

If you prefer to know the codes within your area, contact the local city office of building and safety or the office which deals with home codes, etc. However, if the house was recently sold to you, chances are it already meet all the requirements.

None of the 3 possible solutions you listed are needed.

The differance between a stove and a range, in my opinion, is based on the terms used in areas and parts of the country we live in and or part of this "Rock" we call "Earth."

Ever hear of a "Pot Belly" stove? Stove can mean a heating device like a pot belly stove or a cooking appliance. A range is another term for a cooking stove. Some manufacturers often refer to there cooking appliance as a range while others a stove.

The terms can be interchangeable. However, a range in some parts of the globe can also mean a cattle range...:) Home on the range????...Can't be home on the stove???!!!!....haha..:D

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Thank you for information, Tom, it is very helpfull. I am new to the North American standards for a gas appliances, it is good to know that all is OK.

Thanks again!
Brett0987