I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris



We love our Miele. It works well and looks great.

Phian

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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?


We are starting to look at the moment.
Things so far:

* Check the built in lighting is effective and the bulbs are easy to change
* Dishwashable filters
* Wider is better

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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?


We are starting to look at the moment.
Things so far:

* Check the built in lighting is effective and the bulbs are easy to
change
* Dishwashable filters
* Wider is better


Just to add that we are also specifying a whole kitchen extractor - ceiling
mounted fan - to get anything the hob hood doesn't.
Reminded of this just now when cooking sausages rolled in bacon in the oven
and seeing the smoke coming out into the kitchen.

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On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7:47:42 PM UTC+1, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

I'm looking as well too.
There is much disagreement about the extraction rate required. It would be a pain to have a lowest setting too fast or a highest setting too slow.
Most seem to have 3 speeds which are implemented using taps on the motor. I would love to have in infinitely variable speed control instead.
Also of course the length and type of ducting will affect the effective extraction rate.
Simon.

On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to
suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600
hoods side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the
need to sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two
rectangular ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

"newshound" wrote in message
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On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to
suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600 hoods
side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the need to
sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two rectangular
ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

How much side overlap should you allow?
We are installing a 750mm hob so a 600mm hood is too small.

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On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7:47:42 PM UTC+1, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

I'm looking as well too.
There is much disagreement about the extraction rate required. It would be
a pain to have a lowest setting too fast or a highest setting too slow.
Most seem to have 3 speeds which are implemented using taps on the motor.
I would love to have in infinitely variable speed control instead.
Also of course the length and type of ducting will affect the effective
extraction rate.
Simon.

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)

Cheers

Dave R
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On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to
suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600 hoods
side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the need to
sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two rectangular
ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)

Cheers

Dave R
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"David WE Roberts" wrote in message
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"sm_jamieson" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7:47:42 PM UTC+1, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

I'm looking as well too.
There is much disagreement about the extraction rate required. It would
be a pain to have a lowest setting too fast or a highest setting too
slow.
Most seem to have 3 speeds which are implemented using taps on the motor.
I would love to have in infinitely variable speed control instead.
Also of course the length and type of ducting will affect the effective
extraction rate.
Simon.

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)


Urg - wrong post.
Sorry.

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On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:33:39 PM UTC+1, David WE Roberts wrote:
"newshound" wrote in message
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On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to
suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600 hoods
side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the need to
sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two rectangular
ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

How much side overlap should you allow?
We are installing a 750mm hob so a 600mm hood is too small.

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We are going for 700mm hob I think, and a 900mm hood. We want a bit of overlap so we can put the electric steamer next to the hob and catch most the steam !
Simon.

On 6/6/2012 9:58 AM, sm_jamieson wrote:

We are going for 700mm hob I think, and a 900mm hood. We want a bit of overlap so we can put the electric steamer next to the hob and catch most the steam !
Simon.

Also useful when slicing onions!

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods
to suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of
600 hoods side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was
the need to sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have
two rectangular ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)

Cheers

Dave R
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email if you want to give me your address

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On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods to
suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of 600 hoods
side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was the need to
sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have two rectangular
ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

I have found some 900mm and 1000mm hoods at a reasonable price - between
£125 and £150.
e.g.
http://www.appliance-world.co.uk/Bau...mney+hood.html
However everyone seems to be pushing the more expensive ones in the bigger
sizes.
Presumably if you have an oversize hob you are 'trendy' and therefore rich.

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wrote in message
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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?


Just noted that the sizing of the extractor fans is based on room size, to
get between 8 and 12 changes of air per hour.
Now if the fan is only clearing fumes from the hob this doesn't make sense -
it should be the same size for the same hob.
The main issue would not to be too powerful so you aren't sucking too
strongly for a small room.

So are these cooker hoods supposed to act as whole room extractor fans?
Not usually best positioned for this IMHO.

Cheers

Dave R
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If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods
to suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of
600 hoods side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was
the need to sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have
two rectangular ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)

Cheers

Dave R
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email if you want to give me your address

Steve

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So something doesn't like your/my adress - unless my address has been
blacklisted on your server.

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"newshound" wrote in message
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If you are going for a 900 or 1000 mm cooker you will find that hoods
to suit cost an arm and a leg. For my big cooker I've got a pair of
600 hoods side by side: overlaps the cooker nicely, only downside was
the need to sort out the ducting (I think you can get Tees now, I have
two rectangular ducts one over the other going to a single outlet).

Oh, my Lady Wife has requested a picture of the installation to check
aestheitcs and I'd quite like a look as well, if you could oblige. :-)

Cheers

Dave R
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try moc.tenretnitb@elbbiw through your mirror server

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David WE Roberts wrote
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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models
and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any
recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Just noted that the sizing of the extractor fans is based on room size, to
get between 8 and 12 changes of air per hour.

Now if the fan is only clearing fumes from the hob this doesn't make
sense - it should be the same size for the same hob.

The main issue would not to be too powerful so you aren't sucking too
strongly for a small room.

So are these cooker hoods supposed to act as whole room extractor fans?

Arguably they should be given that so many use stuff like electric frypans
etc
now as well as the hob. I do **** all on the hob now, just the mega batches
of marmalade and relish etc, everything else gets done in the appliances
like
microwave, convection oven, bread machine, electric frypan etc.

Not usually best positioned for this IMHO.

Sure, but how many are going to have more than one ?

I actually get less that need to be extracted from the hob than that non hob
cooking.

I do have a quite powerful extractor fan over the hob, but that's because
the kitchen was designed 40 years ago before I did most of the cooking
elsewhere than on the hob.

I probably would still do it the same way when designing it today,
tho I might have an extra powerful extractor over the grill which is
in the base of the big wall oven that's not on the external wall. The
hob is on the external wall. Grilling is what needs the most extraction
wise because I get one of those case metal plates stinking hot before
grilling steaks and the fat from those when grilled frozen can catch
fire in the cast iron plate and produce a hell of a lot of smoke and that
does produce quite a bit of deposit in the very large room that got the
kitchen off one side of it, very big open plan room, no separate kitchen.

On 07/06/2012 10:30, David WE Roberts wrote:

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I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an
outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of
models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can
make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?


Just noted that the sizing of the extractor fans is based on room size,
to get between 8 and 12 changes of air per hour.
Now if the fan is only clearing fumes from the hob this doesn't make
sense - it should be the same size for the same hob.
The main issue would not to be too powerful so you aren't sucking too
strongly for a small room.

So are these cooker hoods supposed to act as whole room extractor fans?
Not usually best positioned for this IMHO.

Cheers

Dave R

Not really an issue, most of them have three speeds so with my double
system I have six choices! Will try to sort out a link to let me post
some pictures for you, but am off on hols on Saturday.

Dave R
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Sorry, don't understand. Will try to post images somewhere.

On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:
I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris


I have activated carbon filter in our extract and they are £80 a pop
...... avoid these if you can
The mesh grease filter is fine ... just stick it in dishwasher.

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Sorry, don't understand. Will try to post images somewhere.

Email address typed backwards, so correct if vieweed through a mirror.

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On Jun 7, 11:10*pm, Rick Hughes
wrote:
On 05/06/2012 19:47, wrote:

I have an opportunity to re-model my kitchen and put the cooker on an outside wall. So I thought I'd go for a gas hob and an extractor hood.

A quick glance at the extractor hood market shows a vast array of models and prices. Has anyone been down this road recently and can make any recommendations or point out any pitfalls?

Cheers.

Chris

I have activated carbon filter in our extract and they are £80 a pop
..... avoid these if you can
The mesh grease filter is fine ... just stick it in dishwasher.

I thought the carbon filters were for recirculation mode. Which in my
opinion is a waste of electricity and wall space. Either put ducting
in so that the extractor extracts as it should, or save your money and
open the back door.