Lighting and over-island extractor fan with lath & plaster ceilings?

[pootlebug]

We are planning on moving the kitchen and putting an extractor fan over a central island, as well as changing the lighting for the rooms etc.

We have an Edwardian house with lath & plaster ceilings...what are the implications for installing the extractor flue, and what can/can't we do with lighting? Or will knocking a wall down and extending a bit in combination with the above mean that all the ceilings will need to come down and be redone anyway? Does anyone have any experience/knowledge they can share? I know lath & plaster ceilings are universally acknowledged to be a bit of a pain but beyond that I'm a bit clueless.

My dh fitted our island extractor.
You will need to take a section of the ceiling out where the hood is to go and add supports between the joists to attach the extractor to as the joists will be further away than the width of the hood.
He the added some plaster board the a little skim over before attaching the extractor.
90% of island extractors are just re-circulating as the extractors need to be about 1.5/2mtrs to an outside wall to work as efficient and will also depend on the direction of the joists if this can be done.

Have you thought about a downdraft extractor? there not cheap but if you have the budget it will save all the work above.

Hmm, we'd discounted the idea of a downdraft extractor as neighbours have one (a top brand) and say it is shit. Don't really want a recirculating one for the same reason. Hmm, maybe I need another thread to see if anyone has either of the above and has found it reasonable. It is approx 2 metres to the outside wall, but I'd need to measure properly. The joists go in the right direction to run the extractor parallel to them though.

Apologies Annalouiseh I meant to add my thanks for your info which is very useful to my previous message

Should be fine then within that distance, just look at the flow rate.
recirculating are as efficient as ducting, just need to clean the filters now and then to keep them that way.

There's also these that haven't been out long

www.frankeonline.co.uk/galaxy-slim-energy-fx-1000-wm---fga-e-fx-1000-ce-xs-wm-1347-p.asp

www.caple.co.uk/appliances.aspx?cat=5&pid=262

sit flush to the ceiling, not sure on how good they are though

Thank you. I'd seen a similar Westin one that sits flush to the ceiling. Our ceilings are quite high....so I'm assuming that will make it harder to extract efficiently given the distance from the cooker. But I do like the way they look - or rather how much you don't see them.

All i know is the maximum away from the hob is 1.5mtrs, well the Franke one

www.franke.com/kitchensystems/uk/en/home/products_information/special_features/ceiling_hoods.html

Ive seen them kind of boxed in a lowered but that can defete the object of open plan/space sometimes.

The Westin have some stunning hoods, I assume there re-mortgage as no one shows costings for them? (grin)

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as you can see i cant do any of these fancy typing things

"recirculating are as efficient as ducting"

Ha!

Except that they do not remove any of the steam, filter out only some of the smell, and do not create suction which prevents the smells and steam drifting around the rest of the house.

A recirculating hood is very suitable as an ornament in a showroom. Not much good in a real working kitchen.

ours works fine