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Kitchen extractor fan filters
paddy's_mum
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Don't quite know if this belongs on OS or DIY boards .. but, what the heck - we women are mostly the ones that do the kitchen work so I guess I'm aiming at the homemaker with this tip.
Earlier today, our local washing machine/dishwasher/general appliance repair man came to check out our (old) vacuum cleaner. While he was here, I started off lunch and turned on the cooker hood - it extracts outside.
Don't quite know why but the conversation turned to extractor hoods and he asked me "do you buy special extractor fan filters?" "Yes, I do - why?"
Turns out that it is his view and experience that special filters are a waste of money unless you have bought a £500 model and may invalidate the guarantee.
What are his recommendations? A J cloth, either doubled or two together if your extractor is wider than normal. Alternatives .. an old and very worn nappy or tea towel, a getting thinner-than-useful piece of muslin, a threadbare length of tee shirt.
His logic (and who am I to argue) is that so long as you provide a barrier of some sort to protect the mechanism from dust and grease, you will not really affect its working and may save quite a lot of money. His wife even washes the old filter material and gets a double or triple use from it. How's that for money saving?!
Hope that helps someone (but please note the guarantee invalidation within this post)
Earlier today, our local washing machine/dishwasher/general appliance repair man came to check out our (old) vacuum cleaner. While he was here, I started off lunch and turned on the cooker hood - it extracts outside.
Don't quite know why but the conversation turned to extractor hoods and he asked me "do you buy special extractor fan filters?" "Yes, I do - why?"
Turns out that it is his view and experience that special filters are a waste of money unless you have bought a £500 model and may invalidate the guarantee.
What are his recommendations? A J cloth, either doubled or two together if your extractor is wider than normal. Alternatives .. an old and very worn nappy or tea towel, a getting thinner-than-useful piece of muslin, a threadbare length of tee shirt.
His logic (and who am I to argue) is that so long as you provide a barrier of some sort to protect the mechanism from dust and grease, you will not really affect its working and may save quite a lot of money. His wife even washes the old filter material and gets a double or triple use from it. How's that for money saving?!
Hope that helps someone (but please note the guarantee invalidation within this post)
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