What are the sizes of the slabs?
The size of the stove depends on the size of the kitchen. The corner stove measures half a meter by half a meter and has a grill and oven. Below you can see a photo of a kitchen with a gas stove.
In the kitchen you cannot do without ventilation, a kitchen hood above the gas stove and an air purifier, regardless of the choice of stove. Thanks to ventilation there will always be fresh air. A kitchen hood for a gas stove draws in steam. An air purifier removes any odors.
Installing a built-in kitchen
When developing a kitchen design with a gas stove, it is worth considering all the nuances. It is best to entrust the installation to professionals who know their business. The design decision will depend on the living space. Of course, if the apartment has more than ten rooms, then you can make a separate room for the kitchen. When installing a corner slab, a lot of space will be freed up, allowing you to fit a dining table and chairs.
Main disadvantage
A kitchen hood without an air duct also has some disadvantages. First of all, regularly replace carbon filters. This requires additional costs. Of course, many people are interested in how much carbon filters cost and how often do they need to be changed? It is quite difficult to answer such questions unambiguously. These indicators directly depend on the frequency and intensity of use of the hood. It is worth noting that the condition of the filter is also affected by the presence of people smoking in the apartment.
As reviews show, on average, one product lasts for 3–6 months. We should not forget that many models of modern flow-through hoods are also equipped with filters that must be replaced after a certain period of time.
In addition, many consumers believe that ductless kitchen hoods are not suitable for everyone. This is far from true. Such systems provide air purification at the proper level. But this is not the main advantage of ductless hoods. After all, recirculation devices are not capable of disturbing the balance of the building’s ventilation system, unlike flow-through ones.
Small flat
Typically, in a one-room apartment, residents try to make one room into a bedroom, and the kitchen room should be at the same time a place for cooking, a dining room and a living room.
The ideal option is a kitchen with a corner stove. The sink, table and cabinets are placed along the walls, and in the free space there is a corner sofa and a square table with chairs for 2-4 people. Even in a small kitchen you can prepare healthy food, have a dinner with your loved ones or host a party.
We arrange furniture correctly
Firstly, you can combine the kitchen with the living room to create a studio apartment. This apartment option is very popular among the younger generation. The dining room can be made in the living room, which will help free up space for kitchen units and furniture, which will give the kitchen greater functionality and comfort.
In a small room, even with well-arranged furniture, you can feel a feeling of constraint. With the right design of a small kitchen with a gas stove, this can be avoided.
It is worth removing the door and installing an arch instead. With its help, the room will visually expand. If doors are absolutely necessary, you can install sliding doors or an accordion, which will help expand the space and look stylish.
Where to put the refrigerator
Upon completion of the renovation, everyone thought about a Khrushchev kitchen with a refrigerator and a gas stove.
There are two-room apartments in which both the kitchen and the room have doors that open onto the same balcony. Then residents install a refrigerator on the balcony, which frees up part of the kitchen space and keeps food close by. Many people do it this way: they make a kitchen out of the balcony, and use the vacated room as a dining room or living room. Or the kitchen is expanded to include part of the balcony, and the remaining part is converted into a cozy balcony.
There is another option: floor cabinets with surfaces that are suitable for cooking, cutting food and decorating dishes are built along the windows. Thanks to this option, the kitchen is uncluttered, bright and easily ventilated. It is advisable to place the stove in a corner. To better ventilate the room. A kitchen design with a stove in the corner will look good in rooms of any size and interior.
Is it worth installing a hood
Now there is a lot of debate about whether kitchen hoods are needed or not. Users and popular bloggers are divided into two camps - some are supporters of a traditional kitchen, in which it is necessary to hang a hood above the hob at all costs, and there are also ardent opponents who are also adherents of a kitchen design without a hood. Some users in their own reviews insist that the hood is a real relic of the past, and that such a device takes up quite a lot of space and should not be installed in a small kitchen (especially in a Khrushchev-era building).
The rest of the users write in their reviews that it is necessary to install an exhaust system not only as an aesthetic element for the interior of the room, but also as a functional attribute, which you cannot do without in the kitchen, especially if the housewife spends a lot of time in Cooking.
How to properly arrange kitchen items and furniture
You need to fill a small room with furniture as practical as possible. You can hang shelves for dishes or small cabinets for spices on empty walls. You can put a refrigerator in the corner of the room. The gas stove should be located where the gas pipe runs. The stove should be located 20 cm from the window. A tabletop can be made instead of a window sill, thereby enlarging the room. Thanks to competent specialists who know their business, the sink can be placed anywhere, for example, under a window.
How does a kitchen hood work?
Cooking on a gas stove leads to air pollution in the apartment with combustion products and unpleasant odors. Kitchen furniture and ceilings become covered with soot and settled fat. Polluted air harms the health of apartment residents, causing fatigue, diseases of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
Installing air purification equipment will help avoid negative consequences and make the atmosphere at home pleasant. Exhaust devices capture harmful substances and unpleasant odors, preventing them from spreading throughout the room or entering neighboring rooms.
A flow-through exhaust device removes polluted air from the kitchen using a drainage system. Combustion products and smoke enter the ventilation duct, and then into the street or into the home ventilation system.
Ductless kitchen circulators are equipped with a powerful motor. Polluted air is drawn into an air collector with a filter system, where it is cleaned. The purified air is released back into the kitchen. Filters for this type of equipment require periodic replacement.
The body of household exhaust hoods is usually made of stainless steel, and the parts are made of durable materials that are resistant to oxidizing agents. All modern hoods have elements that trap grease. Kitchen hoods whose design does not provide for ventilation outlets are most often equipped with carbon filters. The operation of such household equipment is controlled remotely using control panels.
Additional light
Installing additional light, as well as allowing natural light into the room, helps make the room appear larger. Mirrors or tiles that have a reflective effect are best suited.
Also, mirror mosaic reflects light well. The kitchen room should be bright, so more powerful light bulbs are placed above the table and sink.
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Kitchen hood without duct - design and principle of operation
At its core, a circulation hood is a local air purifier.
It sucks in air above the stove, passes it through a filter system and returns it back to the room.
Since the suction thrust is created by a motor with a fan, the cleaning speed also depends on its power.
The design of modern units allows you to switch modes and use the same device in both ventilation and circulation modes.
The internal device has an outlet that is connected to the ventilation duct (or not connected - at the request of the owner), as well as holes for returning air back to the room.
Typically, hoods use different filters. Some get rid of odors, others trap fumes, grease and other suspended matter.
What colors are best?
Experts advise choosing warm colors: light brown, yellow, gray. It is advisable to choose ecru, pearl or peach color. A bright color scheme is more suitable for a dining room to create a good mood. But at the same time, wallpaper should not stand out. If there are suspended ceilings in the kitchen with a gas stove, then a pastel ton is best suited. Curtains wouldn't hurt as a bright accent.
Lifehacks
Increase the height of the drawers to 90 cm from the standard 72 cm. This way you will have one more shelf in each drawer. In the boxes that will be placed in the corner, install shelves with a carousel mechanism, and in the lower and upper ones - special baskets. There is a disadvantage to using - the mechanisms are too expensive. Boxes can be of different sizes in width and height, which determines their capacity.
Iron pipes with hooks. Thanks to them, the cooking process is optimized, since everyday items and spices are placed on them. The pipes are attached to the wall and filled with various fasteners at the discretion of the owner. The length of the pipe can be any. An additional tier with drawers that have a pull-out mechanism in which you can place some products and kitchen utensils.
Layout examples
In a 6 square meter kitchen with a gas stove, placing kitchen appliances in one row frees up space for the table. The oven may not fit, but there is room for a washing machine.
At 6.5 m2, even a dining table will fit, but there is no room for an oven and dishwasher. But you can increase the narrow part of the table to 60 cm, and the room will become larger.
With 5 square meters, all the necessary furniture will fit, but there is a minus: the stove and sink will be located too close. In this case, it is better to place the sink on the left edge, this will free up space for the dishwasher, and now there is free space between the sink and the stove.
Even with a properly designed set for a room of 7 m2, there is a drawback - the refrigerator will block the light from the window during the day. You should hang a tulle made of lightweight material to allow as much light as possible to penetrate.
With the help of a corner layout, the room should be used as much as possible. For example, a carousel mechanism for storing various kitchen utensils is mounted in a corner bedside table. An excellent option that should be in a small headset is built-in technology.
How to choose a hood for a kitchen without an air duct
Let's look at the features and parameters that need to be taken into account.
Power
The performance (or power) will determine how easily and quickly the device can clean the air. For the system to be truly effective, it must pass through the entire volume of the room 6 – 12 times per hour.
Based on this, the power is calculated:
- Find the area of the kitchen (length multiplied by width).
- The volume is calculated (area multiplied by height).
- The resulting value is multiplied by 6, 7, 8... or 12.
For example, if the area = 9 m2 and the ceilings are 2.8 m.
The volume of the room will be 9 x 2.8 = 25.2 m3.
The weakest hood that can be purchased: 25.2 x 6 = 151.2 m3/h
Optimal option: 25.2 x 12 = 302.4 m3/h.
Filter
There are two types of filters installed in hoods:
- Carbonic.
- Fat absorbing.
Carbon is a very effective adsorbent for odors based on activated carbon. Requires replacement when soiled (on average after 2-6 months).
Grease absorbent traps dirt from the air.
This also protects the internal parts of the hood from them.
There are three types:
- Metal.
- Acrylic.
- Non-woven or paper.
Metal ones consist of layers of aluminum. It is worth buying filters that have 5 or more layers, otherwise they are simply not effective. This aluminum mesh can be washed in the dishwasher (separate from the dishes) and used again.
Acrylic filters can also be washed in warm soapy water.
Paper is a one-time filter option. There is text on its surface. As soon as it cannot be distinguished, the element is discarded.
It is important to change filter devices on time not only because the productivity of the hood decreases, but also because oil and grease accumulated on the grate can ignite during cooking.
Noise level
Circulating hoods in ductless kitchens create a sound that can be annoying. It is necessary to take into account that the larger the unit in size, the more noise it will make. You can specifically look for models of small sizes.
The technical data sheet must indicate the sound level. There are models with a reduced rate. A level of up to 40 – 42 dB is considered acceptable.
Design
Let's look at the types of hoods for kitchens without an air duct. Hoods are available in five variations in shape:
- Dome (classic bulky look).
- Inclined (outwardly similar to an LCD TV, take up little space).
- Island (do not have a back wall, hinged, can be round).
- T-shaped (another type of attachment, but with a flat bottom surface on which the control panel can be placed).
- Built-in (after mounting into kitchen furniture, only the bottom plane of the device remains visible).
Dome hood in the kitchen interior
Other options
You also need to consider:
- Unit size (the width of the installation is measured if the device will be placed between cabinets).
- What type of control - mechanical or electronic.
- Availability of backlight.
- It is convenient if there is a built-in timer or clock.
- Is there a filter change indicator?
- Is there a control panel?
Expanding the space
- The refrigerator should be placed so that it stands at the end of the kitchen unit, which will visually increase the height of the room.
- To create the effect of lightness, furniture made of plastic or glass is suitable.
- Small items create a cluttered appearance. The presence of such furniture visually reduces the room. It is best to place objects of your own size in a small room, despite the fact that they occupy almost the entire space.
- A folding wardrobe will also save space when used.
- The table should be oval or round.
- You should purchase an extendable dining table model and pull-out food boards, since when assembled they take up little space.
Why is it dangerous to connect a hood with forced circulation?
Despite the absence of a direct prohibition, SNiPs contain a recommendation not to connect hoods with forced circulation to general house ventilation. The fact is that these hoods block the air ducts of the general house ventilation, which are designed to remove natural gas that accumulates in the upper part of the kitchen. Due to the complete blocking of general house ventilation, the gas concentration may be critical, and the slightest spark can lead to a gas fire.
“Gas is lighter than air, meaning it rises and accumulates near the ceiling. When installing the hood, completely close the ventilation intake grille. Gas flowing around the exhaust panel will accumulate at the top. And he will have nowhere to go,” says Mosenkov.
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