A cooker hood is a household appliance that has a very important function in air purification. Eyes run up from how huge the range of cooker hoods presented in the store is.
The selection of a cooker hood must begin at the stage of the kitchen repair project. Here you need to pay attention to the presence of exhaust ventilation. It is also necessary to take into account how much it is possible to rationally install the air ducts in the exhaust ventilation. The effectiveness of the installed hood will depend on how long the pipeline will be, its diameter and how many bends along its entire length. The hood performance is reduced by 5% when using one knee. If the installation of the stove is planned at a certain distance from the wall, on the so-called "kitchen island", then it is necessary to plan a hole in the ceiling of a certain diameter in order to bring out the pipeline under the suspended ceiling and place air ducts. It’s only at first glance that the cooker hood seems to be a secondary element, because in fact it is on its location that the entire further set of furniture in the kitchen depends, and in general the organization of the entire kitchen space. You need to understand that it is not the installation of the stove in a certain place that sets the place for installing the kitchen hood, but just the opposite - it is the technical capabilities of installing the hood in a certain place that dictate the installation of a stove under it. In order to facilitate the selection process, it is necessary to act in stages.
Type of hood
Hoods are divided into two types according to the principle of their action:
- Filter hood. Such a hood passes air through the filter. The purified air is recycled, that is, it returns to the kitchen again. Such hoods are not very effective, they mainly protect the kitchen from soot, but almost no odors. It is advisable to use them with poor exhaust ventilation, or, for example, in old houses where ventilation is completely absent. But you need to regularly clean anti-grease filters and change carbon filters to maintain the efficient operation of the hood.
- Retractor hood. Such a hood draws in air and with the help of an air duct, air is discharged into the nearest ventilation hole.
Performance
In order to keep the air constantly fresh, it must exchange 10 times within an hour. Given the above and knowing the quadrature of the kitchen, you can easily calculate the hood of what kind of power is needed. In order to extend the life of the hood, you need to choose it with a small margin of power. There is such an indicator that you need to pay special attention to is the noise level of the working hood. It directly depends on the performance of the hood. To reduce the noise level in modern hoods, special bearings and “acoustic pillows” are installed. This makes it possible to watch TV or talk without straining your vocal cords with the hood working.
The size
It all depends on the size of the stove, and the hood is selected for it, but a little wider. For example, for a stove with a width of 60 cm, the optimal hood width is 90 cm. The installation height of a kitchen hood depends on the type of stove. Over the gas stove, the hood is installed at a height of 80 cm, and above the electric stove - 70 cm.
Design
Here, hoods are divided into several types:
- Flat hoods (the simplest of them). They are mounted on the wall under the kitchen cabinet or without it. You can position the duct hole either on the back wall or on the top surface.
- Island (ceiling) hoods.They are used in cases where the plate is located at a certain distance from the wall. The duct is installed vertically and discharged into the ceiling.
- Built-in hoods. To install this type of hoods, you must have a drawer above the stove. Such an extract is cut into the bottom of the box, and it is completely invisible.
- Retractable screen air cleaners. These are perhaps the most compact hoods that completely cover the entire hob in working order. They provide effective dirt removal.
- Corner The most original hoods.
Control method
Cooker hoods according to the control method are divided into: push-button, remote, touch and pseudo-sensor. On expensive hoods, electronic control is installed, which allows the robot to program for the entire cooking period. For example, with a more intense boil, the program automatically increases the performance of the hood, or when approaching the stove, the illumination increases.
Design
It must be remembered that the kitchen hood not only plays the role of an air purifier, but also is an interior item, its decoration. The hood should be suitable in style and to the stove, and to the kitchen furniture, and fit into the interior of the kitchen as a whole. The modern interior of the kitchen goes well with a cooker hood in the Hi-Tech style. Hoods in a country style are more suitable for a kitchen made in a classic style, for example, fireplace hoods.
