Hi All, We would agree with what the others have said, if you had an extractor fan before you will need to replace it. Also there are so many amazing options for discreet looking extractors we're sure you;ll be able to find one that suits. http://www.airuno.co.uk/slimline-classic-wall-cooker-hood/ You may need your builder to create housing for the ceiling extractor out of plaster work and add some down lights to it and it can look really well! http://elica.com/GB-en/products/hoods/easy http://www.falmec.co.uk/Products/COLLECTIONS/E.ion-Collection/Twister-E.ion Or you could go for a suspended recirculating extractor which looks more like a design feature? We hope this helps, The team at Modus Kitchens

Ok, so I appreciate that these two are not easy to compare. There must be a way however of testing them both fairly and get results that give the consumer an idea of comparison. "..we extract at the point the vapour is produced 100% effectively". I take it with this you mean the extraction is 100% effective and not the vapour produced is 100% effective. What does "100% effectively" mean? It seems to suggest that the cooking smells are completely emitted. This is surely disingenuous or at the least misleading.

Thanks Sarah L, I think we will put it as close to beam as possible (although it can't go right next to beam due to the ducting from its own motor etc). We're also going to move the hob over slightly so it is more in line with it extractor and not so directly under beam as I am having nightmares about condensation gathering on the underside of my beautifully painted beam.  To be honest we are realising at this very late stage that we have made a huge error in judgement and should have just designed the whole thing differently (frustrating as my i initial ideas would have worked but husband wasnt keen on the look so the plan got scrapped) but sadly it feels too late now to change it as it is all insulated, boarded, plastered and painted so retro fitting extra ducting would be an absolute pain and costly.  We will live with this mistake for now as we're desperate to get the kitchen in after 3 months without a kitchen.  We have electrics above the hob for a pendant light which we will check with the electrician if this is also suitable for a recirculating fan in future if we feel it is needed. Thanks for your input.

Have you tried living with it and if so does it work or can you see that steam [for example] escaping up the sides of the extractor. Ideally this extractor would be ducted to outside, if its in recirculating mode than you're going to struggle as all it does is 'clean' the air and having it at 1100 wide may make minimal difference. The power of the extractor to the size of the room is also very important, ideally the maximum extraction rate of the appliance should be 10x the volume of your room. Also there's lots of contemporary extractors on the market today which aren't shaped to match the footprint of the hob below, some are cylindrical tubes and others look like glorified light fittings so having a matching extractor to the hob below isn't always a customers requirement if they prefer a particular look/design. To use the extractor properly, ideally turn the extractor on when you start to prep your food, so then the air in the room will be circulating towards the extractor when you start cooking. Having a gas hob helps as this is considered a 'hot' heat [electric hobs are 'cool' heat] as the effect of the gas flames warms the air so you have columns of rising warm air around the cooking steam and smells so it doesn't fan out as it rises, so in practice you may 'get away with it'. Bear in mind with most extractors, having a wider version doesn't mean that the motor is any wider inside the extractor and a lot of them may be only the glass surround is wider for a 1000 wide to a 600 wide unit for example. As Isla stated, unfortunately in the suppliers terms and conditions the onus would be upon you to make sure that everything is suitable even though your kitchen supplier has supplied the appliances, which does seem unfair as you the customer is not a professional and a lot of what you see in a listing is a load of codes and shorthand descriptions. If you purchased from a local independant than possibly you mentioning that you find their service very disappointing and that you will be leaving a negative review may help, but if you've purchased from a national like wren, then they will just say 'you signed' and couldn't give a f$£% if you leave a bad review.