Videos

We’re a small family business that gets excited and passionate about our work. Occasionally that energy turns into a video.

Two of Steve’s favourite videos

We test the effectiveness of extractors that are built into hobs (instead of placed overhead)
Watch this video on YouTube.
Black and Brass kitchen design with amazing worktop detail
Watch this video on YouTube.

More from our Youtube channel

Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms

Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms
If you're buying a new oven and wondering whether to choose an oven with a pyrolytic or catalytic cleaning program, this video is for you! I've both types at home so deliberately let them get dirty to test the effectiveness of the cleaning function. Sure, manufacturers have videos of them working but they demonstrate on practically new and clean ovens - this video hides nothing! Link to video of Steve cooking a full meal in a steam oven: https://youtu.be/YeAJmjOXelM Roots is a small, independent retailer of kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms that covers East Kent, the south east corner of the UK. If you're in our area we'd love to welcome you to our showroom and help improve your rooms. If you live outside our area and have questions about appliance please ask them in the YouTube comments. Steve answers them all and then everyone can benefit from the answers. Thanks! Footnote: Neff use the the trademark EcoClean for their catalytic liner cleaning system.
Do self cleaning ovens actually work? We test Pyrolytic & Catalytic self cleaning ovens
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5 years ago (time flies!) I made a video showing how to remove and replace a Neff Hide and Slide oven door. I also mentioned I had a struggled to get the door back on as the hinge 'broke', or rather one bit disconnected from another bit and it took me a while to work out what to do. A lot of the comments on that video mention the problem and I've been asked several times if I could do a video of fixing the hinge. 5 years... sorry, it took me a while, but I recently visited a kitchen we were installing having had a call that the oven door wasn't working properly. It was the same problem, so I filmed how I fixed it. Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms is a small independent retailer of kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms based in East Kent, the south east corner of the UK. We specialise in the design, supply and installation of complete rooms and work hard to make every room perfect, which includes figuring out how the oven hinges work to fix them for customers. If you're already a customer and need help with problems like this, please call the office and we'll help you fix it. If you're not a customer (and that's OK, we only cover a small area!) and have questions we might be able to help with please leave comments below and I'll do my best to answer them all. Thanks for reading, Steve
Neff Slide and Hide – fixing the oven door hinge
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This video has a dedicated page our web site, https://www.roots.uk/expedition-w3w We've been using What3Words to help us Rooties visit customers and noticed that one corner of our showroom has the address ///barstool.random.kitchen .That got me thinking, is there a What3Words address ///Kitchens.Bedrooms.Bathrooms and if there is, can I visit it? So that's why I'm planning a trip to Corsica to go climb a mountain and whilst I'm doing that I'm encouraging all of you lovely viewers and friends to make a donation to be split between 3 charities. They are Map Action (https://mapaction.org/) , Oasis Domestic Abuse Service (https://www.oasisdaservice.org/ ) and Mankind Initiative (https://www.mankind.org.uk/ ) all of whom will be able to put any donations you send their way to good use. Donations can be made through the Charities Trust web site here - https://sponsorme.charitiestrust.org/event/cbdf1e64-4af4-4905-865d-49ebaedb105b and donations are automatically split between the 3 charities. There's something abut 3's in this video. Bonus nerd detail for reading the description: The video is 4 minutes and 3 seconds long, = 243 seconds, = 3x3x3x3x3 seconds
Expedition W3W: Steve Root climbs the Kitchens.Bedrooms.Bathrooms mountain
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A quickly put together video of a surprise visit yesterday, courtesy of our supplier Quooker (we're a retailer of their taps). They sent along 'smart bar', complete with talented coffee barista, and left a box of edible gifts for everyone at Roots If you've got questions about boiling water taps leave a comment and Steve will do his best to answer them all. Find out more about Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms via our web site at https://www.roots.uk #QuookerReveal #quooker #quookertap #kitchentap
A morale boosting visit from one of our suppliers (quooker and the #quookerreveal smart bar)
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We bake two loaves of bread from the same dough mix, one baked with the Neff Variosteam function, the other baked with a regular fan oven mode, to see if we cam tell the difference and if so which we prefer. Ovens used: Neff B47FS34H0B - used with the vario steam automatic bread baking programme Neff B57VR22N0B - this is a full steam oven but we used only the regular Circotherm fan oven setting. Variosteam isn't the same as full steam. I did a video a long time ago cooking a full meal in a full steam oven: https://youtu.be/YeAJmjOXelM Variosteam also is not capable of boiling eggs (and since we've got a steam oven at home we NEVER boil eggs in a pan - a full steam oven is better for us - a video on that here: https://youtu.be/5ePwy9j_kAI) Competition: You need to go here: https://forms.gle/oZSfNL2sZSBCh2Mk7 Background music in this video "Be Open To New Experiences" by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6393-be-open-to-new-experiences License: https://filmmusic.io/extended-licence
Can adding steam during baking improve your cooking? Let's experiment!
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Andrew asked a question - "Why does a tea towel set my hob alarm off but not my cat?" Steve thinks he has the answer and uses his camera to show the sensors. Roots is a small, specialist, family run business that designs, supplies and installs kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms in East Kent. If you're looking for a room, done well, and live in East Kent we'd love to meet you in our showroom between Faversham and Canterbury. If you've a question please leave a comment, Steve reads them all and answers as many as he can.
Cats and tea towels vs Induction Hobs
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The final video is live here https://youtu.be/9EzfRvEG0ys
How it started // how it ended (confidence!) – bloopers from the kettle vs induction video
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We test a kettle and electric induction hob to see which can boil water the fastest, explain how induction hobs work and then talk about the factors that affect the speed the induction hob can boil water. Hob in this video: Miele KMDA 7634 FL See my other video https://youtu.be/2OoqQHAcpSQ where I test if extractors built into hobs really work, and this video https://youtu.be/SBfysIfETlg testing the noise level of extractors built into hobs. Roots Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms is an independent family run business specialising in the design, supply and installation of kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms in East Kent. Our showroom is situated between Faversham and Canterbury, by Junction 7 of the M2. See more about us on our web site https://www.roots.uk
What boils water faster? Electric Kettle vs Induction Hob
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Roots Rarely Recommend electric showers and this video explains why. I planned to spend 5 minutes creating this but in checking my facts I ended up spending several hours testing showers, finding EU and US government standards on performance limits, and then proving to myself that what I've known for many years is actually true and not a figment of my imagination. This video is also a blog post https://www.roots.uk/news/2021/4/7/electric-showers-and-why-we-dont-recommend-them and that includes links to several sources and a neat graph from an electric shower manufacturer. If you're not going to watch the video, then PLEASE note that WE DO use electric showers in certain situations when they are the best option. This video explains the performance limitations of electric and I'm not dissing electric. Electric has it's place as a useful solution in certain circumstances. Roots is a small business based in East Kent, UK and we design, supply and install complete kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms. You can find out more about us at our web site www.roots.uk Finally, I have two people to say thank you to for helping me create this video. Firstly my sister in law Meadhbh in Ireland who tested her electric shower's flow for me. Secondly Alasdair Rae from https://automaticknowledge.co.uk/ who created the map animation to help me show the small area of the UK we work in. I've followed Alasdair on twitter (https://twitter.com/undertheraedar) for a long time now because I love maps and Alasdair is a master at using them to convey information. More of his work is at http://www.statsmapsnpix.com/ and available to buy at their Etsy store https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/automaticknowledge (check out the global population spike map - it's sublime!). By the way, I paid him real money to create the map animation for me, I'm getting a discount for telling you about his work here (he doesn't even know I'm writing it), I'm telling you about it because the maps are wonderful even for not map experts like me - enjoy! Steve.
Why you can (probably) do better than an electric shower
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In a past video I tested if extractors that are built into hobs work ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OoqQHAcpSQ ) and a frequent comment was "What happens when you spill things into them?" In this video I spill a whole pan full of bolognaise sauce into one of our showroom displays so we can all see what happens and how they come apart for cleaning. The hob on display is the Miele 2 in 1 hob with integral countertop extractor KMDA 7634 FL We've also used models from Neff (they call them Venting Hobs) and Bora (they call them cooktop extractors) and they both have very similar approaches for cleaning. Roots is a small, family run, independent specialist that designs, supplies and installs Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms in East Kent. We have a showroom between Canterbury and Faversham and you're welcome to visit and see this hob on display.
Spilling a pan of Bolognese sauce into a cooktop / venting / downdraft / countertop hob extractor
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Steve's video on testing extractors that are built into hobs has been really popular. Lots of commenters mention how load the extractor in that video is. That video focused on testing if they worked as extractors and this video test noise levels and provides a way you can compare other models to the model tested here. Link to the video that tested if these extractors work (with a raspberry pi, humidistat and real time graph) https://youtu.be/2OoqQHAcpSQ Link to the video of the black and brass kitchen with a Bora X Pure (yeah, that's the kitchen design Steve is really proud of) https://youtu.be/EXzvBNbloK8 Depending on the manufacturer, these hobs are called Downdraft hobs, Venting hobs, Two in One hobs and extractor hobs. Roots is a small business that designs, supplies and installs kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms in East Kent, the south east corner of the UK.
We test extractor noise level for hobs with built in extractors
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Whilst retail showrooms remain closed and we are all being extra careful to prevent the spread of Corona Virus we're unable to visit customers to measure their rooms. We've created this video to help customers accurately measure their rooms using just a pen and paper, a tape measure and a camera to send us photos of the room and plans. Roots is a small, specialist, family run business designing, supplying and installing kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms. We're based in East Kent, UK and have a showroom between Faversham and Canterbury.
How to measure your room for a virtual design service (using just a tape measure, pen and paper)
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