cooker hood - many questions...

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sigh. Has it really come to this level of excitement...

I've read the MN threads, done the extraction calculations, looked at endless options and I still have questions so hoping someone has been there before me.

Ripped out the old recirculator shortly after moving in and have happily done without - but it is now new kitchen time and a decision has to be made.

The hood will be ducted straight out through the wall, and will be a chimney hood, which in another 'didn't get the memo' moment I prefer to paying extra for a cabinet to put it in. Seen a mockup of the kitchen with it and don't mind how it looks.
Cooking is on LPG 60cm hob so I think hood needs to be 70cm wide.

hood needs to be QUIET (or will never be used) - I think that means max 60db as I know the 70db ones are unusably noisy.

It must actually do something and not block the current excellent lighting from the ceiling. It also needs to be out of the way of heads - I know there is a minimum height but can it go higher and still work? Lots of the chimney ones seem to have piece of curved glass on them which looks a great head bumper.

someone on another thread had the one in the link with the angled glass - is that to prevent head hitting? Do they still work with angled glass or is it form over function?

www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/evg6bl/cda-evg6bl-60cm-chimney-hood?tduid=336090c63c8e5535c27c38fc28e87945&utm_source=Skimbit+UK_1503186&utm_medium=tradedoubler

or can I get away with a Vent-axia fan which will be a lot cheaper to buy and install?

voices of experience would be much much appreciated.

put it at a height where your head can't reach it. And neither can any other heads in the house.

I'd go for a 3-speed extractor, where the slowest is quiet. When you are frying kippers and curry paste you'll have to turn it up and accept the noise.

The hood or canopy is to capture steam and fumes that are rising from the hob. A fan without a canopy will not catch them before they diffuse into the room.

I have an angled glass by Bosch. it looks quite nice. is easy to clean , filters can go in dw. Hubby can lean right over the back pans without banging his head. has its own lights so i can see cooking well.

We have a vent axia type extractor high on the wall. I didn't want a cooker hood and it was put in purely to get the sign off from building control as the kitchen is in a new extension. It actually works well on the rare occasion I need it and is very unobtrusive.

thanks everyone. There was a link on another thread to something that looked just the job - a quiet kitchen extractor fan designed for easy cleaning. It has of course been discontinued.

there will be a sort of canopy in a bridging unit. Thinking continues. ..

canopy? Bridging unit?

this sort of thing?

I have a Neff one that is fairly quiet - just metal, no glass, though I think glass would be slightly easier to clean. I think most extractors have a light as well which can be useful. I think normally the hob and extractor are the same size - you probably don't need the extractor to be larger.

thanks, pigletjohn just a plain piece of wood as a bridge. that neff unit is 69db and thus will never get used.

purplegreen99 thanks - as I understand it a gas hob means the extractor can be the same width.

As you can't rely on steam or fumes to travel vertically, I think a hood will be more effective if wider than the hob.

I couldn't find a 1000mm when I looked, but there are 900/800/700 and 600's

If you use the canopy type, it's possible to insert two extractor panels, but I think that would be unusual unless you had a large range.

For minimal noise, you can get a fan/motor unit that sits outside the house and sucks through a tube. It's more of a commercial design but I remember seeing a batch of them on clearance a year or so back.

The Eliplane noise is listed as 53-71 db(A) presumably depending what speed you've set the fans.

This one is listed at 54-61 db(A) but you really need the printed brochure as the Elica website is awful.

thank you - more food for thought, although that Elica is way out of budget. Hob will be 60cm LPG.

max noise is I think 60db, the attraction of the wall fans is that they are so much quieter although I take the point about whether they will actually take out as much steam. The kitchen lighting is so good at the moment, I really don't want to risk blocking it with a hood even though they come with lights.

External motor is an idea, (it won't disturb anyone else) and I've also got a helpful trade seller looking into alternatives to the fan with humidistat.

Have you looked at the Luxair website?

They have a wide range of styles and prices, with lots of info such as noise and efficiency ratings.