Cooker Hoods Questions Answered :
Cooker Hoods are an incredible help for removing cooking smells, vapours, and condensation and are designed for quiet operation. As a general rule you will mainly use the lower and mid cooker hoods speeds during normal cooking and resorting to maximum speed when dealing with emergencies - such as burning the toast. It is sometimes necessary for Cooker hoods to be set at maximum speed when using all burners or when griddling meats as this can create excessive vapours. We include the cooker hoods noise levels and extraction performance for each model to assist you when making comparisons between makes. The performance of cooker hoods is extremely important and is normally measured in cubic metres per hour.
Our cooker hoods feature hotplate illumination and metal grease filters that can be washed by hand or in a dishwasher. The metal grease filters do not need to be replaced as they are designed to last the life of the hood.
Cooker Hoods Ducted Out or Recycling
It is always preferable to use cooker hoods Ducted to the outside wall. Air is drawn into the hood, fats are trapped by the Grease filters. Odours, fumes and condensation are then expelled to the outside. Some cooker hoods are designed exclusively for Ducting Out.
On certain cooker hoods you can choose to install the hood as a ducted or recycling model - we would only recommend that a hood is used as a recycling model if it is impossible to duct out. When using a cooker hood as a recycling model, air is drawn into the hood, fats are trapped by the grease filters, the air then passes through charcoal filters to remove cooking odours, the purified air is then passed back into the kitchen.
It is realistic to assume that using cooker hoods on recycle mode will circulate at least 30% less air than by ducting out - this is because the charcoal filters will restrict the flow of air. Charcoal filters are an optional extra and will require replacing at approximately six month intervals more frequently if in regular use.
Ducted Cooker Hoods in the same room as a Fossil-fuel Burning Appliance
The following is a requirement of UK cooker hoods legislation and is based in the interests of your safety. If the room where ducted cooker hoods are to be installed also contains a fossil fuel burning appliance such as a boiler, then its flue must be of the room sealed or balanced flue type.
Ducted cooker hoods are not suitable for use in a room where any open flue is in use. (This includes boilers, coal fires, wood burning stoves, gas fires etc) therefore if you have an open flue fossil fuel burning appliance in your kitchen, you are automatically compelled to select a hood that is capable of working on recycling modes.
Integrated Cooker Hoods
Having left the appropriate gap for cooker hoods and installed the wall outlet, if applicable, secure the brackets to the rear wall and hang the extractor. Remove the pivotal door-fixing frame and screw the extractor to the adjacent cabinets. Fit the door to the fixing frame using the screws provided. This is made easier by using a template if provided. Make the vent connection to the exhaust outlet of the cooker hoods and make the electrical connection in the accessible yet hidden space at the rear top of the extractor. Having left the appropriate gap and installed the cooker hoods wall outlet, if applicable, secure the brackets to the rear wall and hang the cooker hoods. Remove the pivotal door-fixing frame and screw the extractor to the adjacent cabinets. Fit the door to the fixing frame using the screws provided. This is made easier by using a template if provided. Make the vent connection to the exhaust outlet of the appliance and make the electrical connection in the accessible yet hidden space at the rear top of cooker hoods . |
