extractor hood recirculating type for kitchen.

paulr70

Hey All

We`re having a new kitchen installed. We intended to have a ducted in-ceiling extractor above the island but when the builders ripped out the ceiling they found that there was an old chimney and steels in the outer wall where the extrator ducting wouldve run and they can cut through the joists to re-route the ducting.
So theyre suggesting using a recirculation type extractor. I`m concerned that as the kitchen is in the centre of the downstairs with open plan that it wont be suffient to remove all the moisture.

Just wondered what people thought about this, do you think we should have an in-wall humidity extractor hidden above the kitchen wall units to help?
thanks

Aylesbury_Duck

A re-circulating extractor won't remove any moisture at all, just take the worst of the grease and some of the smell out of the air. If you definitely can't have an extracting hood then yes, I would get a re-circulating one to take the worst of the grease and smell and then an externally-vented fan to take air from the kitchen.

Typhoon2000

How about a down draft extractor on the Island and duct it under the floor and out.

Typhoon2000

Or a section of false ceiling and duct it in here and around the chimney brest.

paulr70

Thanks for the ideas, we`re going to try and remove the chimney lintel as its no longer used. Could try the under floor ducting and at worse box it in along the wall.

maisie_cat

We couldn't have a ducting hood for similar reasons, so we have a recirculating one and the room is never damp or greasy. The hood has a stainless steel grid and carbon sheet filters and is a 40 square metre mixed use room if that helps. We do use the hob most days and always put lids on the pans

Aylesbury_Duck

paulr70 wrote: »

Thanks for the ideas, we`re going to try and remove the chimney lintel as its no longer used. Could try the under floor ducting and at worse box it in along the wall.

If you go that route, make sure to get a decent extractor that can cope with the distance and any bends you put in the route to outside. A lot of people underspec this and expect a fairly weak cooker or shower extractor fan to pull an enormous column of air along metres of ducting with bends in it, then wonder why their extraction isn't effective. Think about the effort required to suck water through a straw when the straw is one of those novelty long, twisted ones.