Cooker Hood Filter Buying & Cleaning

farmergiles65

Hi

I have an Extraction Cooker Chimney Hood over my hob which I found out today hasn't been cleaned in quite some time (my bad!) and it's horrible and greasy as you like. I'm going to whip out my scourers and every cleaning chemical from Cillit Bang to Laundry Power to try and scrub it clean tonight with my marrigolds!

It has a metal mesh cover, but the filter itself is clipped down to the back of it which before was just a weird paper version.

I went to B & Q to try and find a replacement and all they had was this weird grease/carbon filter which was a lot thicker than the paper version in previously so I don't know how effective it will be, quite padded too. What got on my nerves was that it cost me £20 for the filter alone. Surely not? I've looked online and every single one I find is MILES cheaper. That must have been a till error surely because otherwise I'm taking it back and getting a refund - I'm sure Homebase will have something cheaper.

I'm a DIY noob though, so if anyone has good advice for a UK individual to clean the inside of the cooker hood or what sort of filters I should be getting (less than £20 I would hope) then I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

bigdic

For cleaning your hood try Flash Strong Weave Wipes, I've tried various things in the past and found these to be the best by far.

You should be able to by a cut to fit filter for your hood online or in a hardware shop easily enough.

The mesh should hopefully come off and stick it through the dishwasher if you have one.

farmergiles65

The metal bit does come off because the filter is "clipped" on the back of it - if you claim it's dishwasher safe I'll do that as everything in there is greasy as hell!

I had the filter in B & Q, but it was a weird padded, almost fluffy type stuff and cost £20 which I thought was a bit steep for a filter - I would like to hope it's amazingly good otherwise I'll want to take it back and grab a cheaper alternative. It's supposed to be a carbon and grease filter so I don't know if that jacks the price up. It's a relatively thick filter as well whereas the one I'm taking out is like thin paper and saturated with grease - in fact it's started to tear of it's own accord. How much were your filters?

I'll look into the Flash wipes also.

cattie

Vinegar or lemon juice is great for getting rid of grease, so I'd be inclined to try to save on branded cleaners & just use a decent washing up liquid along with a healthy dose of either vinegar or lemon juice.

elver_man

The last filter kit I purchased cost about £2 from Buyology, but they dont have them all the time. However, most good Hardware stores stock these and you just cut them to the required size.
Can also get kits on Amazon and Ebay from around £2

farmergiles65

I'm not short on vinegar or lemon juice given the stuff I like to cook!

I think I'll pay Homebase a visit after work and see if they've got something a dam sight cheaper than £20 - I did think that was a complete rip off!

Saying that, maybe it's for several filters worth - though I doubt there's enough in the bag to do maybe..............3 filter changes?