Extractor Fan Question

[jojo77m]

I need to get an extractor fan installed in my kitchen.

The question i have is wether to install a pull cord type and then I will put some ducting from my extractor hood and route it towards the fan, or connect the ducting to the fan & use the hood as the switch.

The big concern i have is preventing any reduction in heating in the room.

Option 1 I would be able to wire it to a plug that is above the kitchek units, option 2 I'm not sure about

thanks

Jay

 

[Lurch]

I am not entirely sure what you are trying to do here. OP is confusing.

 

[NozSpark]

Why do you need an extractor?

Is it to get rid of steam and smells during cooking or does your kitchen suffer from damp?

 

[Andy™]

 

[ProDave]

Do the job properly and just duct your cooker hood to the outside.

 

[NozSpark]

+1

 

[jojo77m]

I currently have a big condensation/damp problem & it is coming from the kitchen & the wife's cooking...a lot of steam is being made in there.

currently the hood only extracts smells but it can be converted to extract steam by hooking up some ducting I think

thanks

 

[Lurch]

OK, I see. Hook up some ducting then.

I think 'hooking up some ducting' is option 3 as it was missing from your OP. Are you sure you know what you're doing?

 

[steptoe]

As above, duct your cooker hood to the outside,

That's option 3 and the best option. 

 

[Blue Duck]

Try to core out the hole and line it or your wife's cooking my end up in the walls.

 

[jojo77m]

nope. i have no idea what i'm doing.

I'll get someone to do it for me & buy a dehumidifier to deal with the excess from the wife.

thanks

 

[Lurch]

Why the dehumidifier? Get the extractor ducted to the outside and that should cure most of it. I haven't found the cheap dehumidifiers to be much cop tbh.

 

[Essex1]

To be honest I really do not think a cooker hood will do much to help you with your damp issue. I would recommend a 150mm humidistat controlled extract fan.

 

[NozSpark]

I've fitted a dual speed 100mm extractor fan as an extra before... set to low speed (almost) 24/7 and high speed when cooking.. they no longer had any damp issues

 

[steptoe]

Envirovent would do the job,

But, if it's purely cooking causing the issue then the extractor hood ducted outside will be just as effective.

tbh, I really don't understand why people think that a cooker hood NOT ducted outside is doing anything effective at all.

 

[kerching]

Fitted an Environvent PIV? In a cellar in Ulverston last year to cure damp...worked a treat.

Probably under water now!