If you’ve been looking at extraction units for your kitchen recently, you may have seen downdraft extraction fans. These are a relatively new way of extracting the odours and steam from your kitchen. You may be wondering what magic lies under the stylish exterior of a downdraft fan and how it works, and that is …
If you’ve read our other extractor hood articles (Fitting a Cooker Hood, for example), you may be wondering whether all extractor fans for the kitchen need to vent outside. The short answer is no. However, it greatly depends on the extractor fan you buy and which one is best for your kitchen. Let’s find out …
Your kitchen is quite a unique place in your home. Other than the bathroom, no other room is subjected to such huge variations in moisture and temperature levels. You may think that moisture in a kitchen is normal, and it is, but it does need to be controlled. If there’s no way for moisture to …
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What’s the most powerful cooker hood on the market in the UK? In this article we’ll be answering that question and listing some cooker hoods with especially high extraction rates. Since the style of cooker hood affects extraction rates, we’ve decided to look at the most powerful models in each different category of cooker hood. …
A lot of cooker hoods produce a noise that makes it sound like there’s a jumbo jet in your kitchen. This is hardly ideal when you want to have a quiet evening! We put up with this noise because it’s better than letting the smell of fried mackerel make our home uninhabitable. Cooker hoods are …
If you’re looking for a cooker hood that doesn’t need ducting, this roundup of the best recirculating cooker hoods is for you. A cooker hood is a vital piece of kitchen equipment. It can stop your kitchen smelling, stop mould and damp causing issues in your kitchen and, of course, can complete the perfect look …
Cooker hoods are essential if you want to extract moisture, smells and grease from your kitchen when you cook. There are various styles of cooker hoods available on the market that use different methods of removing airborne grease and food odours. The type of cooker hood you choose and the way you use it to …
Every time you cook food using your hob you will cause some degree of air pollution during the process. Whenever food is heated, a portion of the food will evaporate into the air. This is usually most obvious if you’re cooking high-fat food such as bacon on a very hot griddle plan producing a large …
Cooker hoods help to keep our kitchens healthier and cleaner, working hard to remove cooking smells, grease and steam whilst we cook. Because extractor hoods are working so hard to keep our kitchens fresh and clean, they can unsurprisingly get dirty in a short space of time. Keeping your cooker hood clean not only helps …
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Downdraft Extractors are a fairly new addition to the kitchen appliance market, and can be a neat method of ventilating your kitchen because the extractor is hidden from view when you’re not using it. They can be installed in any area of a kitchen and are particularly useful for using above an island with a …
