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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Tips on Choosing the Right Range Hood

A range hood is a real necessity in every modern kitchen. For instance, a properly installed and quality range hood will improve your cooking experience by keeping your kitchen surfaces free of dirt and grease and by venting cooking odors and hot air outside your house. A quality range hood will also help you remove other major pollutants that may affect the quality of the air you are breathing while inside the house.

A range hood is a very important kitchen tool both for your comfort and safety. So, when looking for a range hood, you will have to purchase the right one that can meet all your needs. Your hood choices will vary from the basic and more traditional wall-mount units to more complex systems that come with timers, additional lights and easy to clean surfaces. Range hoods come in a wide range of styles including tile, stainless steel or special paneling that matches the kitchen cabinetry.

Your current ventilation system is among the important things you should consider when choosing the right type of range hood for your kitchen. Next, you will have to pay attention to the location, size and quality of your future range hood. For instance, a high tech fan may be looking for outsourcing fumes – a range hood that provides great charcoal filtration would be the best choice in this case because it has more cost efficient and helpful fans built right in in order to push all the hot air towards the ceiling.

There are two main types of kitchen range hoods: the venting (and circulating) ones and the non-venting ones. A venting hood has a more complicated design and it’s also more difficult to install. In this case, you will need to have a direct connection to the necessary exhaust duct. The non-venting type will simply blow all the hot air back into your kitchen and will require an electrical connection in order to have anything done. The non-venting system is regarded as the most simple and basic ventilation system. Also, it is the least efficient one among all the other types of kitchen range hoods.

Slim-line kitchen hood designs are also available on the current market. Such hoods are concealed right under the kitchen cabinets and they slide out when they are in use. Keep in mind that is really important for you to choose the right type of range hood for your kitchen. Pay attention to both design and performance in order not to waste your money and time. Other types of range hoods include downdraft and updraft systems. Downdraft systems are located right near the burners and on the stove top. They use more fans in order to pull the hot air through a special filter into duct work. Updraft systems will pull the hot air through a special filter that will vent it along the duct work right to the outside.

Another thing you should consider is to choose a vent or hood that is as wide as your range top. If you are planning to remodel or renovate your kitchen, you will have to choose the future ventilator unit first. The range hood you choose must be designed in order to allow enough room for your ventilator unit and for the duct work that is required in order to vent the air to the outside. Because a kitchen range hood collects plenty of filter smoke and grease from the air, this kitchen appliance should be cleaned on a regular basis.

For instance, any exposed portions of a range hood, including the internal filters and blades, must be cleaned with soapy water and sponges and wiped dry. Keep in mind not to clean your kitchen range with abrasive pads or clothes. You must clean the exposed surface made of metal with a water/ammonia mixture if you think that’s necessary. The metal mesh filters should be removed and then soaked in a special washing solution for a couple of minutes. Then, you will have to sponge, rinse and dry them before replacing in your kitchen range hood.

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