Distance from the gas cooker to the hood

Each mistress dreams of several things, about that the children were healthy, at home - cleanly, and her husband liked food. But in order to prepare a delicious meal, you need to properly equip the kitchen. For this, you, at a minimum, should know what distance from the gas cooker to the hood should be observed. But before answering the main question, we will figure out what the hood needs to do in general and why we need to know the distance at which it must be installed from a gas or electric stove.

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For what purpose is it necessary to purchase a hood?

Do you like a lot and tasty to cook? It gives great pleasure to your family and friends? Then it is very important for you to properly equip your kitchen, because all the smells that are able to collect the whole family together around the dining table, over time impregnate your curtains, eat into walls, furniture, giving not so tempting but unpleasant specific odor.

Among other things, what a lot of trouble delivers the smallest droplets of fat that evaporate during frying, and then settle wherever the air can penetrate.

To prevent the emergence of all these troubles, get a quality hood.

Important! If this is not your option, then it may well be replaced by an air cleaner. Install this technique over the stove. The efficiency of this unit depends on how well it is installed. And this means that the proper installation depends on the comfort of the hostess, as well as household members.

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Traditional kitchen hoods by Shindo

Most customers call this product the best if viewed from the price-quality point of view. The traditional flat hood is 60 cm wide. Our heroine is called Metida 600 White, but the manufacturer prefers to call it Metida 60 W.

Here are some characteristics of the traditional kitchen hood:

• Its depth is 50 cm.
• The hood height is 13.2 cm.
• The diameter of the air duct is 12 cm - please note that this value does not correspond to ordinary round or corrugated ducts.
• The relatively low noise figure is 48 dB.
• Engine power is average - 120 watts.
• It is possible to install a cheap carbon filter S.C.A.N.
• Ordinary incandescent lamps to illuminate the work surface, but they are not durable, although not so expensive.

Important! According to manufacturers, the shelf life of the hood is about 7 years with the manufacturer's warranty for 2 years.

There is one small subtlety. After purchase, as a rule, it is recommended to eliminate all transport fasteners. Do not do this, because Shindo strongly claims that before testing the purchased kitchen hood, you do not need to remove the protective film from its surface. First you need to make sure the product is fully functional.

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Fireplace kitchen hoods from Elikor

The capacity of this device is some 245 cubic meters per hour. And most likely, this is the reason that the manufacturer disowns this product, and on the official website of the company about the product there is not a single word.

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Kitchen hoods manufactured by Bosch

Bosch has always been delighted with excellent instructions, so take the first umbrella that comes in, that is the fireplace hood, and see what you have there with the installation. The first thing that catches the eye on the manufacturer's website is a clearly thought-out classification of products.

Traditional flat hoods are called visor, and this is quite appropriate, given its shape and method of installation. There are models with a width of as much as 90 cm at a capacity of 650 cubic meters per hour.

The very first question: at what height is it necessary to put the hood and what distance from the gas stove to the hood should be observed? Look for the instruction with the help of a special service on the site. On it, as always, there is a huge number of copies and one of them is written in Russian.

Important! The installation instruction is combined with the operating instructions.

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What should be the distance between the cooker and the cooker hood?

The golden rule of the buyer - carefully read the instructions carefully before using any technique. The documentation, which is attached to the hood, indicates the height at which the purchased unit should be installed in order to get the maximum performance from it. The installation process itself is also specified. Always listen to the manufacturer's advice.

It happens that for some reason the instructions are not at hand. Or it is, but it is written in some incomprehensible language. What to do? In this case, you should use the generally accepted rules:

• To extract the hood efficiently, place it approximately 50-60 cm high directly from the electric stove.
• And in the case of gas stoves this distance increases slightly and is from 75 to 85 cm.

Important! It is forbidden to reduce these parameters. By the way, it's also not worth it.

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On what parameters does the distance between the cooker and the cooker hood depend?

For what reason are specifically recommended these parameters of the distance from the gas cooker to the hood? The thing is that:

• If you install the hood at too close a distance from the cooker, it will create discomfort during cooking. Especially it concerns those cases when there is a need to use high utensils or one that has the ability to quickly heat up.
• When the device is located at a great distance from the plate, its performance will be ineffective.

During the selection of the correct layout of the hood, you should always consider a combination of several important factors:

• Type of oven;
• Power of the device;
• Features of design and layout of the kitchen;
• Data specified in the manufacturer's instructions;
• Generally accepted standards and norms that apply to the installation of all ventilation equipment.

Adhering to all these simple recommendations, you can easily install the exhaust system in your kitchen, and then enjoy delicious food in the circle of your relatives and friends.