Wall-hung hood
The hood – indispensable in the modern kitchen
If you want to avoid odors from mados in your kitchen and in other rooms of the home -
you can choose to install a hood with great advantage. The hood makes it easy for you to cook, roast and braise your food without the whole house smelling of food.
Even if you can open the window and ventilate, it will not be a sustainable solution. Firstly, it will mean a large heat loss during the cold winter months. Secondly, you will not be able to get rid of all the particles from the cooking to life with bare airing.
For this purpose, you need an efficient hood that can capture grease and soot that would otherwise settle on all surfaces in the kitchen. A hood with the right capacity will be able to keep the home odor-free, regardless of how diligently you cook.
Which type of hood should I choose?
In the past, an extractor hood was a large and clumsy unit which was placed directly above the stove in its entire depth. This location is particularly impractical in relation to both cooking and cleaning, and can be a nuisance for people above a certain height.
The old-fashioned hoods were no longer efficient, and at the same time made an incredible amount of noise. However, a lot has happened on this front since then. A modern, high-quality extractor hood will be able to capture food and soot particles from cooking in a much more efficient way, while being virtually silent.
Extractor hood with extraction or charcoal filter
A newer range hood does not need to be connected to extraction, but can work with an efficient charcoal filter that collects grease and food and is easy to change. In fact, a wall-hung hood with filter will be able to clean the air just as effectively as a hood connected to an extraction duct, as long as the filter is replaced once or twice a year.
You should decide whether you want a hood with a filter, or whether you would like to be able to connect your hood to the home's exhaust system. It will be clear from the model's product sheet whether the hood removes food by means of a filter or extraction, or possibly has the option of both.