Choose a Kitchen Hood - What's Important to Know

Hoods for the kitchen have ceased to be something special, so to speak, but went into the category of necessary appliances in any kitchen - a spacious or small area, classical or modern style. And it is explained not by imitation of fashion. It's just that everything changes so quickly and rapidly - the kitchen interiors and kitchen finishing materials, small and built-in kitchen appliances and equipment, in fact, the food and attitude to the process of cooking, and most importantly - to one's own health.

And care about the safety of property and health, of course, requires fresh and clean air both in the whole apartment and in the kitchen. It is in the kitchen that the air we breathe at home replenishes with soot and smoke, grease and steam that settle on kitchen walls, accessories, furniture, and irritating smells are carried throughout the apartment, making the family and guests nervous.

It is clear that the tasks of the kitchen hood are great, and therefore the approach to its acquisition must be serious. What should I look for when choosing a kitchen hood to achieve the benefit and maximum comfort? An article is devoted to an overview of such factors. First, you need to determine the size, or rather the volume of the kitchen, in order to choose the optimum output power. At maximum power, the air in the room will be cleaned extremely quickly, but the noise level during operation of the hood will be appreciable. Here you should find an acceptable option for yourself - the golden mean.

Further, since the kitchen hoods have two types (modes) of operation - circulation and / or air extraction - we find out the characteristics of each of them and choose the suitable one. In the tap mode, air is sucked from the room and discharged outside the premises - outside or into the ventilation shaft. When installing such a hood, you need to consider that you need to install an air duct (exhaust pipe) or a wall unit.

In the circulation mode, the air selected from the room passes through the filters - fat-absorbing and active coal - and the purified one returns to the kitchen. By the method of installation, the hoods are divided into 3 groups. "Flat" hoods - they are mounted above the hob, on the wall, under the suspended kitchen cupboard, if it is, or without it. The next group is built-in hoods. They are mounted in a suspended kitchen cabinet, so that only the control panel is visible. The biggest group is fireplace (or dome) hoods. When mounted on a wall or ceiling, they have many shapes and sizes, designs and colors, as well as models - wall, island, corner options.

When choosing a hood for the kitchen, you should pay attention to the control method - slider or button, pseudo-sensory or touch and the location of the control panel. After all, it is important how easy it is to use the device and take care of it, including the control panel. The same applies to the lighting system, which is equipped with kitchen hoods. Possible options for using incandescent bulbs - daylight or conventional - or halogen lamps. Hoods with incandescent lamps have a lower price, but halogen lamps are more economical in terms of electricity consumption.

Of course, to install the kitchen hood will be a specialist, but some aspects are good to know and the owner. The effectiveness of the operation of the kitchen hood depends significantly on the duct, namely its diameter (the most practical is 120 mm, it is not necessary to artificially reduce it), the length and number of turns and bends, which should be as small as possible.

As for the recommendations for the care of hoods, they belong to filters. Grease filters are disposable of synthetic materials, and then they are subject to periodic replacement. More often such filters are made by aluminum. Filters from aluminum sheets should be cleaned or washed, allowed in the dishwasher. Carbon filters are only disposable and, depending on the frequency of use of the hood, they need to be changed in time.

It remains to touch on the topic of additional functions and the latest technological solutions used on different models of household hoods for the kitchen. Obviously, the availability of such functionality is reflected in the price of the device. We list some of them:

• changing the intensity of lighting, including the entire kitchen;

• radio control from the hob;

• recognition of evaporation to automatically turn on the hood;

• electronic indicator for determining the cleaning time or replacing filters;

• sensor for automatic determination of the degree of ventilation, depending on the air condition in the kitchen;

• equipment with two fans increases power while reducing noise level;

• The air ionization system cleans the air of dust, and also neutralizes the electrostatic fields on the objects.

Here is a review of the most significant information about kitchen hoods. To this it remains to add about the presence of a variety of options for style and design, in order to be able to fit the hood to any kitchen - from the smallest to the most impressive - and into an arbitrary interior. Variants of high-quality hoods for the kitchen produced by famous European brands are presented, for example, on the website of an online store of kitchen sinks, accessories, equipment and kitchen appliances for Atlant-Yu http://www.atlant-u.ru/.