Kitchen extractor is broke can I buy an humidifier instead

NeverendingDMP

All advice appreciated.our kitchen extractor is broken and has been a while. We are struggling to find anyone to fit a new one and at some point the kitchen needs gutting anyway as its past the point of no return. I dont feel confident fitting an extractor by myself and wondered if anyone knows if I could get buy a portable appliance that i can just plug into a socket instead as a temp solution. Or is it worth buying a dehumidifier or something instead.
Thankyou to anyone who reads x

Officer_Dibble

A dehumidifier would certainly do part of the job - but would do little about the smells. It depends what you're cooking really - useful for lots of boiling water, not so good if you're deep fat frying. It would also be useful afterwards for helping dry washing inside etc.

Is your model of extractor still available? Is there one on eBay? Like for like replacement is very simple and in competent DIY/handyman territory (I'm not up to date on Part P regs, but I think that's the case in England at least)

NeverendingDMP

Thanks, definitely worth me looking in the short term then. We have moisture in the air as the paint is peeling. Smells I will just cope with or open the window.
The drying washing is a handy point too. We are a family of 5 and I dont have a dryer so indoor and radiator drying happens a lot in this house. I'm a novice on diy and i am willing to try a lot of the simple stuff with youtube videos to guide me but electrics might be a step to far. I'll have a look at the model as it a youtube video makes it as simple as slot in and out I could try. Anything involving wires I am not sure it would be the best idea as my experience is learning to rewire a plug when I was younger hee hee.

Emmia

If you buy an extractor which is the same shape and brand, switching them over should be an easy task for an electrician - and if you've got humidity/damp issues, then do look for one with a humidstat as that will come on and extract automatically whenever the humidity goes over a certain level.

Dehumidifiers are great, but they can be bulky and noisy to use - we've got a meaco which is excellent when drying washing in the winter, but gets less use in the summer when we can hang outside.

KimJongUn88

Was your current extractor connected to an outside wall with piping so that anything it sucked was released outside? If not, it would have had limited benefit anyway.

What type is it? Integrated with matching kitchen door at the front or a hood type one?

NeverendingDMP

It's an integrated one you pull out/lift the cupboard to use. It didnt ho outside so probably wasnt that efficient anyhow then. Moisture is due to cooking I think as it's a small kitchen. When we manage to get sorted I'll remember to look for a humistat version. May as well have one that keeps it to a certain level. I'll price some up and have a look at Maeco too. Thanks all

Emmia

NeverendingDMP said:

It's an integrated one you pull out/lift the cupboard to use. It didnt ho outside so probably wasnt that efficient anyhow then. Moisture is due to cooking I think as it's a small kitchen. When we manage to get sorted I'll remember to look for a humistat version. May as well have one that keeps it to a certain level. I'll price some up and have a look at Maeco too. Thanks all

If it's not extracting outside, it's not going to be fixing the damp problem - you need a fan that vents outside - which will involve knocking a hole in the wall etc.,

How are your bathroom(s) ventilated? If they have fans without humidstats, I'd look at replacing those with humidstat versions, as that will also help to reduce the humidity in your spot generally.

neilmcl

NeverendingDMP said:

It's an integrated one you pull out/lift the cupboard to use. It didnt ho outside so probably wasnt that efficient anyhow then. Moisture is due to cooking I think as it's a small kitchen. When we manage to get sorted I'll remember to look for a humistat version. May as well have one that keeps it to a certain level. I'll price some up and have a look at Maeco too. Thanks all

Is it this type - https://ao.com/product/dem63ac00b-bosch-serie-2-integrated-cooker-hood-silver-56145-6.aspx

There's pretty straightforward to replace.

NeverendingDMP

neilmcl said:

NeverendingDMP said:

It's an integrated one you pull out/lift the cupboard to use. It didnt ho outside so probably wasnt that efficient anyhow then. Moisture is due to cooking I think as it's a small kitchen. When we manage to get sorted I'll remember to look for a humistat version. May as well have one that keeps it to a certain level. I'll price some up and have a look at Maeco too. Thanks all

Is it this type - https://ao.com/product/dem63ac00b-bosch-serie-2-integrated-cooker-hood-silver-56145-6.aspx

There's pretty straightforward to replace.

Yes very similar to that. Thankyou

NeverendingDMP

Emmia said:

NeverendingDMP said:

It's an integrated one you pull out/lift the cupboard to use. It didnt ho outside so probably wasnt that efficient anyhow then. Moisture is due to cooking I think as it's a small kitchen. When we manage to get sorted I'll remember to look for a humistat version. May as well have one that keeps it to a certain level. I'll price some up and have a look at Maeco too. Thanks all

If it's not extracting outside, it's not going to be fixing the damp problem - you need a fan that vents outside - which will involve knocking a hole in the wall etc.,

How are your bathroom(s) ventilated? If they have fans without humidstats, I'd look at replacing those with humidstat versions, as that will also help to reduce the humidity in your spot generally.

We have a wet room that just has an electric fan that doesnt go to outside and an upstairs bathroom that has no fan at all. Makes me realise extra bits we need to add as we work our way around the house ha ha. Think a dehumidifier would be an interesting thing to buy considering I have 3 rooms that dont actually have anything to extract moisture. Learn a lot on this site not just about money!!!

NeverendingDMP

Just to update and say thankyou. We now have a dehumidifier that seems to be working and extracting moisture when we cook so all is good. I've had it on for 24 hrs in various rooms and as yet it hasnt produced a massive amount of liquid anywhere so fingers crossed we have no major issues we just had moisture caused by cooking in the kitchen.