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We have a Housing Association mid-terrace house, kitchen is 3.2m x 2.1m.
Our problem is we are forever having to wipe grease off the walls.
We have a humidity extractor fan on the ceiling near the exterior wall which extracts outside.
We've asked for a more powerful one, but the housing association have refused, and don't see there being a problem.
We also have a large kitchen hood, which doesn't seem that powerful, and only recirculates the air... it has a carbon filter.
I'm guess the solution would be to get a more powerful hood and have it extracting outside.
Thing is we only have the one external wall so the ducting will have to run along the side wall... not a problem, but there is hot and cold water pipes running in the corner of that external wall.
I would have to get someone in to do the ducting, make the hole in the exterior wall, and put a vent in.
Is the best solution, or is there other simpler options like replacing the humidity fan for a much more powerful one, if so any recommendations?
The existing fan is 100mm, with an extract rate of 90m3 per hour (25 ltrs/sec)
The cooker hood is 600mm wide, with an extract rate of 380m3 per hour.
All advice most welcome, I've attached a few photos.
Thank you

Our problem is we are forever having to wipe grease off the walls.
We have a humidity extractor fan on the ceiling near the exterior wall which extracts outside.
We've asked for a more powerful one, but the housing association have refused, and don't see there being a problem.
We also have a large kitchen hood, which doesn't seem that powerful, and only recirculates the air... it has a carbon filter.
I'm guess the solution would be to get a more powerful hood and have it extracting outside.
Thing is we only have the one external wall so the ducting will have to run along the side wall... not a problem, but there is hot and cold water pipes running in the corner of that external wall.
I would have to get someone in to do the ducting, make the hole in the exterior wall, and put a vent in.
Is the best solution, or is there other simpler options like replacing the humidity fan for a much more powerful one, if so any recommendations?
The existing fan is 100mm, with an extract rate of 90m3 per hour (25 ltrs/sec)
The cooker hood is 600mm wide, with an extract rate of 380m3 per hour.
All advice most welcome, I've attached a few photos.
Thank you




