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Cooker Hood problem
moonpenny
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I recently had a new kitchen fitted complete with (extractor) Cooker Hood.
When standing on step ladders to paint, I noticed that the chimney was raised up on "spacers" about half an inch and when I turn it on at full blast, the air comes out of this back into kitchen.
I don't think the builder put the correct plastic tubing in that came with the chimney (gone missing!) and put the "papery" thing that you use on dryers instead.
I think he used tape to seal things up (we had quite a few dissagreements about the fitting of this so tried to trust him and left him to it in the end.:(
Also, the outside vent cover is not the "flapping" kind. There is air coming out of this when the hood is switched on though.
I have the "inner" part of the chimney (that pulls up for high ceilings) - should that be put in to fill the gap?
I don't want to get this person back so is it a job I could do myself, providing I can get the correct plastic tubing for inside the chimney?
When standing on step ladders to paint, I noticed that the chimney was raised up on "spacers" about half an inch and when I turn it on at full blast, the air comes out of this back into kitchen.
I don't think the builder put the correct plastic tubing in that came with the chimney (gone missing!) and put the "papery" thing that you use on dryers instead.
I think he used tape to seal things up (we had quite a few dissagreements about the fitting of this so tried to trust him and left him to it in the end.:(
Also, the outside vent cover is not the "flapping" kind. There is air coming out of this when the hood is switched on though.
I have the "inner" part of the chimney (that pulls up for high ceilings) - should that be put in to fill the gap?
I don't want to get this person back so is it a job I could do myself, providing I can get the correct plastic tubing for inside the chimney?
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