Cooker hood/extractor height!

[montymole]

What is the maximum height (from hob) I could get away with for 600mm wide extractor fan/hood? The manufacturers recommendation is 600mm for an electric hob. However, having placed it in that position it appears far too low and doesnt look right. However, I don't want to place it too high that it makes the unit in-effective!

Any recommendations?

 

[JohnD]

1000m

(cooker is 850 high... lots of people are 1800 tall and shouldn't have to bang their heads on the hood as they lean over to look in the pans.

 

[toasty]

Agreed,

Ours is as high as it needs to be so that I don't bang my head and it still works fine.

It's 1m90 ish so just over a metre above the worktop.

 

[Richardp]

also depends on the height of your ceiling, I had to adjust ours to allow for the Chimney Hood extractor.