Cooker Hood low suction

Ganga

coffeehound said:

Ganga said:

Are the charcoal filters not blocked ?

Do you mean the grease filters?

The round filters fitter inside in the black plastic are normally filled with charcoal that absorbs the smells etc.

casper_gutman

coffeehound said:

Since it hopefully is set to extract rather than recirc....

The extractor in our kitchen when we moved in was a proper bodge job: it wasn't set up either to extract or to recirculate as both options were still blanked off by metal plates on the housing of the cooker hood. 🤔

FreshlyCutFlowers

Thanks for the help

I popped off the charcoal/pellets filters and the suction got very slightly better, enough to suck some of the steam.
I don't see any obstructions inside and the duct inside seems clear and open so confused as to why its not sucking much better.

Paired up with the use of trickle vent when necessary I think it will have to do the job for now.

[Deleted User]

Suppose it is tricky of you cannot check the exhaust directly. Are there any reviews on this extractor? I used "Which" to check which hood I was buying and in the reviews are some that don't cut it.

Edit. Just a thought, ours has a backdraught preventer, like a one way valve, very weak spring for obvious reasons but could that be greased up? Not sure how you would check that on yours.