Extractor fan (quiet efficient big)

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Can anyone recommend an extractor fan for a 1.1 meter range oven? It’s going to be boxed in so it can doesn’t have to attractive - any good ideas? Thanks

Am looking at Westin and Elica recommended as quiet

@Feetupteashot thanks very much I’ll check them out

When you say "oven" do you mean oven? Or do you mean cooker?

For a cooker, an hood is more usual than an extractor fan.

Is it on an external wall? If not, how far away is the nearest external wall?

Do you have wall cupboards? How high is the ceiling?

You want to search for "canopy extractor", these are designed to be built in to a unit/canopy above the cooker. It doesn't need to be 1100 wide necessarily as long as it has a good flow rate.

If you mean cooker, and if you can have a unt on the wall above the cooker, you can build in something like this

Put it at a height where you cannot bang your head on it.

Elica have a good range but their website is terrible so ask them to send you their glossy brochure. John Lewis carry a few examples.

It is preferable to have the canopy wider than the cooker to prevent steam or fumes drifting sideways and escaping. Sometimes this is done by having a canopy with a wide skirt to catch the fumes, and the extractor raised above the skirt, or it can be done by having e.g. two units at 500mm each.

They are commonly built into a bridging unit that matches the wall units on either side, with a matching door panel on the front.

When selecting, look at air throughput in cubic metres per hour (sometimes quoted in litres per second) and noise in dbA.

It is preferable to have a multi-speed motor that will tick along quietly at low power but can be turned up enough to suck your hat off when you are frying kippers.

@pigletjohn @NotMeNoNo

Thanks very much all - this is really helpful. Do you have any advice on what level of specification to look for in terms of decibels, extraction rate and power? The kitchen it’s around 28meters square and the ceiling is around 3.5 meters high. We don’t have any wall units so the idea is the builders will build it’s own enclosure. If I can remember how to link I’ll attach a picture to give a better idea.

Really appreciate all the advice 😊

power calculator here

mine is positioned 180mm above the hob, most people can't hit their head on it. Previous one was higher but the exhaust spigot comes out of the top on modern ones (not the back) and you have to allow for height of elbow plus depth of the extraction unit, I think they are about 250mm. The closer the hood is to the hob the better it will be at capturing fumes, but it has to be well away from heat.

If you are not venting straight through an external wall (which is most efficient) you can route the duct on top of, or inside, wall cabinets where it will not be seen.

I have an Elica Krea and low speed noise is acceptable, you can have a normal conversation. High speed is intrusive. If I was buying again I would get one of the canopy types, which are also more powerful, but take longer to fit. John Lewis say the noise is 48-59db but mine might be an earlier model, it was listed as 73db

www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwjZ5NDonpDnAhV1AWMBHVXHB7sQFjAKegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tlc-direct.co.uk%2FTechnical%2FVentilation%2FVentilation4.html&usg=AOvVaw3Ig1DlmrvRoWQnj7cx2EST

Should tell you how to calculate the size needed.

All very much the same Gubbins inside and performance wise . the only problem is you can't test them in showroom because never wired in .look a the speculation sheet on line it will gave the db levels and rate of extraction . just make sure its extracted to a external wall through plastic ducting recirculating air is a complete waste of time

mine is positioned 1800mm above the floor I meant.

Thank you all - loads to go on. Very helpful