Never under-estimate the importance of extraction

One aspect of the whole kitchen purchase that is never given true consideration is extraction. It has never been more important than in todays market when many clients are looking to knock two rooms into one to make a large kitchen/dinner/living room.

There is nothing worse than one having the room full of smoke (when something goes wrong) or being able to smell what’s been cooking two days later days.

Most modern extractors will give some 600 to 800 meter per hour extraction (well this is what the manufactures say!) and in test conditions they do. But when they are installed they don’t perform anything like that.

The main secret of extraction is the size of the duct that the appliance can blow through, 125mm is the very smallest that you can use, 150mm is by far the better option, or bigger, but the amount of bends that the duct has in it will influence it’s performance and how well it will breath. So bigger is better, and I’m sure most women will agree.

There are many different types on the market and your choice will depend on the look you are after. One style that is becoming more and more popular is a ceiling mounted extractor system. This means that you don’t even see the extractor as it fits flush to the ceiling, operated by remote control (nice toy) and very efficient. There are also ones that sit in the worktop behind the hob and rise out of it when in use and sink back down when not required. These are also very efficient and worth a look.

With the more sophisticated extractors you can have the choice motors, either these can be built in to the appliance itself, or you can have an “in-line” which as it says is placed between the appliance and the external outlet, which does give some options of where to place it for convenience, and then you have the external motor which is mounted on an external wall, these are very good as the noise of the motor (and they all make noise, but some more than others) is out side and it means that all you will hear inside is the air being drawn into the appliance which is minimal.

I must say that these nice looking glittery chandelier types are nothing more than good to look at and give a nice light, but that is it, oh and quite a dent in your budget.

More to follow...................