On 21 Oct, 11:46, "GB" wrote:
I'd like to buy a recirculating cooker hood that can just go under a line of
wall cupboards - so heopfullt something a few cms thick. Are these
available? The kitchen fitter said that they all intrude into the cupboard
above, but I was fairly sure that's wrong. Can I just check with the gurus
here, pls?

Underneath cooker hood...
- Elica Krea - www.johnlewis.com
- £99 all stainless, metal mesh grease filters
- Free carbon filter for recirculation mode (£7-9 each)

An improvement on the old ugly designs & filter holes.

Built-in cooker hood...
- Go to www.tlc-direct.co.uk
- Search for Built-In cooker hood (Baumatic)
- They do a twin for some silly low price
- All the cooker hood except the faceplate is inset

The twin work superbly for high volume extraction in hot summers. The
downside is I suspect the mounting hole might encroach on some cabinet
fixings (cam & dowel, pegs, whatever). Not a problem for anyone who
can create a custom cupboard (or just change the fixings and dowel or
biscuit joint elsewhere, plastic repair block if necessary).


Even in recirculate mode the air must go somewhere, which will be a
100-125-150mm hole at the top into the cupboard with ducting to an
exhaust on top of the cupboard. If you can duct through a wall
(extract) the benefits are obvious.

Recirculate requires filter replacement, filter clean/replacement,
heat & steam stays in the kitchen - pointless really. You need a
window or wall fan or cooker hood extracting to the outside in a
kitchen.

"js.b1" wrote in message
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On 21 Oct, 11:46, "GB" wrote:
I'd like to buy a recirculating cooker hood that can just go under a line
of
wall cupboards - so heopfullt something a few cms thick. Are these
available? The kitchen fitter said that they all intrude into the cupboard
above, but I was fairly sure that's wrong. Can I just check with the gurus
here, pls?

Underneath cooker hood...
- Elica Krea - www.johnlewis.com
- £99 all stainless, metal mesh grease filters
- Free carbon filter for recirculation mode (£7-9 each)

An improvement on the old ugly designs & filter holes.

Built-in cooker hood...
- Go to www.tlc-direct.co.uk
- Search for Built-In cooker hood (Baumatic)
- They do a twin for some silly low price
- All the cooker hood except the faceplate is inset

The twin work superbly for high volume extraction in hot summers. The
downside is I suspect the mounting hole might encroach on some cabinet
fixings (cam & dowel, pegs, whatever). Not a problem for anyone who
can create a custom cupboard (or just change the fixings and dowel or
biscuit joint elsewhere, plastic repair block if necessary).


Even in recirculate mode the air must go somewhere, which will be a
100-125-150mm hole at the top into the cupboard with ducting to an
exhaust on top of the cupboard. If you can duct through a wall
(extract) the benefits are obvious.

Recirculate requires filter replacement, filter clean/replacement,
heat & steam stays in the kitchen - pointless really. You need a
window or wall fan or cooker hood extracting to the outside in a
kitchen.

They get pretty disgusting inside with grease - even if you hardly fry! I
converted mine to extract within months. It is also quieter in Extract mode.