fitting a cooker extractor, first time, need advice

londonTiger

Hi

I'm fitting an hood extrator for the cooker and need some advice, they vary so much in price for £60 to £400+, seems a bit ridiciulous to spend £400 on essentially a fan inside a metal hood.

What's a good value unit to buy?

londonTiger

p.s. I am undecidedd about the hob I want to get, I will most likely go for a 4 hob (60cm) or a 6 hob (75cm).

arbrighton

Are you qualified to do the electrical work?

londonTiger

sorry forgot to mention, kitchen fitter will do all the installation.

bridgedino

Some if them just plug into a regular 230v socket so no special skills needed there

Try to keep it a minimum of 760mm above the hob if you can

Buy what you can afford, you can chose to vent to the outside through a ducting system or simply use the built in filter

Ducting to the outside is best for reducing smells and condensation though

I've had a £40 unit perform as well as a £120 unit. The difference was how noisey the fan was when on full power

onomatopoeia99

arbrighton wrote: »

Are you qualified to do the electrical work?

What qualifications do you need to strip a couple of wires and screw them into a chocolate box?

Part P has been relaxed a lot in the latest iteration. It's still unwarranted and overbearing interference by the state into the lives of its citizens, but marginally less overbearing than it used to be.

londonTiger

i spoke to the kitchen fitter, they will set up a plug in system, the extractor will plug into a socket at the top of the wall, and there will be a switch for the socket above the counter beside the cooker.

So what I'm looking for is specific recommendations for extractors.

londonTiger

p.s. looking for ducted fan extra ones which will force air out rather than the ductless ones which I'm skeptical of their effectiveness.

philbostavros

Hi

You don't say what type of hob but be wary if it's an induction hob. I fitted a relatively cheap chimney type extractor at my sons, which worked well for 4 years then packed up. They no longer did the same model but we sourced the latest equivalent.

On fitting this, it failed to clear the steam from saucepans boiling on the hob, resulting in so much condensation on the curved glass of the extractor that the integral halogen lights started flashing like a mad disco! The only difference I could see in the fans was the size of the intake grills (which were about half the size of the old one)? The extraction rate on the new one was in fact greater!

Liaising with both the supplier and manufacturer (the former being a whole lot more helpful than the latter), I managed to return the extractor and purchased a different (and slightly more expensive) model. This worked well and had a much larger intake grill (2 panels, versus the 1 in the original replacement).

Interestingly, I could find no mention of potential problems with using with induction hobs on either the manufacturer's website or elsewhere, though they soon sent me a "guidance" leaflet as their "get out of jail card".

If you search threads for my ID, you may see the details of make/models concerned but can always pm you details if you're interested.

Cheers
Phil

jm2926

I judged them on four factors:

1/ The extraction rate
2/ The noise
3/ Price
4/ Style

I bought the cheapest I liked the look of, which had the required extraction rate and wasn't too noisy.

Extraction Rate:

Example: Your kitchen is 6 metres long, 3 metres wide and 2.5 metres high. Multiply the room’s length x width x height to get the cubic capacity: in this case 45m³. If you wanted 12 changes of air per hour, then the extraction rate required would be 12 x 45m³, which is 540m³. So any cooker hood you consider should have a minimum extraction rate of 540m³/hr.