I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.
A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?
Cheers.
Chris
We love our Miele. It works well and looks great.
Phian
We are starting to look at the moment. Things so far:
Just to add that we are also specifying a whole kitchen extractor - ceiling mounted fan - to get anything the hob hood doesn't. Reminded of this just now when cooking sausages rolled in bacon in the oven and seeing the smoke coming out into the kitchen.
wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.
prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?
I'm looking as well too. There is much disagreement about the extraction rate required. It would be a pain to have a lowest setting too fast or a highest setting too slow. Most seem to have 3 speeds which are implemented using taps on the motor. I would love to have in infinitely variable speed control instead. Also of course the length and type of ducting will affect the effective extraction rate. Simon.
wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.
prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?
If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600 hoods side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the need to sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two rectangular ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).
How much side overlap should you allow? We are installing a 750mm hob so a 600mm hood is too small.
Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)
Cheers
Dave R
Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)
Cheers
Dave R [Just posted this to the wrong part of the thread]
Urg - wrong post. Sorry.
We are going for 700mm hob I think, and a 900mm hood. We want a bit of overlap so we can put the electric steamer next to the hob and catch most the steam ! Simon.
so we can put the electric steamer next to the hob and catch most the steam !
Also useful when slicing onions!
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Steve
I have found some 900mm and 1000mm hoods at a reasonable price - between £125 and £150. e.g.
Just noted that the sizing of the extractor fans is based on room size, to get between 8 and 12 changes of air per hour. Now if the fan is only clearing fumes from the hob this doesn't make sense - it should be the same size for the same hob. The main issue would not to be too powerful so you aren't sucking too strongly for a small room.
So are these cooker hoods supposed to act as whole room extractor fans? Not usually best positioned for this IMHO.
Cheers
Dave R
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Not really an issue, most of them have three speeds so with my double system I have six choices! Will try to sort out a link to let me post some pictures for you, but am off on hols on Saturday.
Sorry, don't understand. Will try to post images somewhere.
wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.
prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?
I have activated carbon filter in our extract and they are £80 a pop ..... avoid these if you can The mesh grease filter is fine ... just stick it in dishwasher.
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