Cooker Hood installation

mutley74

A few house i have been interested to buy for some reason dont have a cooker hood in the kitchen installed.

If i was to install a cooker hood of this for example,
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/built-in-appliances/built-in-cooking/hoods-splashbacks/hoods/hotpoint-hda65sab-chimney-cooker-hood-stainless-steel-10024015-pdt.html

There are no units from the cooker to the external wall which could be used to hide the ducting in the 2 houses i have narrowed down to. is there any other way i can hide ducting? ( i cant go through ceiling as bathroom above)

robotrobo

mutley74 wrote: »

A few house i have been interested to buy for some reason dont have a cooker hood in the kitchen installed.

If i was to install a cooker hood of this for example,
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/built-in-appliances/built-in-cooking/hoods-splashbacks/hoods/hotpoint-hda65sab-chimney-cooker-hood-stainless-steel-10024015-pdt.html

There are no units from the cooker to the external wall which could be used to hide the ducting in the 2 houses i have narrowed down to. is there any other way i can hide ducting? ( i cant go through ceiling as bathroom above)

are you not happy to just use it on the recirculation mode?,if so you have no need to use ducting as this is for external use only, without cupboards its a no no , unless there is room between the bathroom floor space to a external wall.

suisidevw

Why not just get a hood with a filter etc and no need for ducting?! Definitely wouldn't be a house ruiner!

mutley74

robotrobo wrote: »

are you not happy to just use it on the recirculation mode?,if so you have no need to use ducting as this is for external use only, without cupboards its a no no , unless there is room between the bathroom floor space to a external wall.

i like making stir fries and curries etc...so usually found the recirculation type cooker hoods dont do very well, plus they cant remove steam from cooking.

I thought there might be some boxing or ducting that could be used if not hidden on top of units.

cyclonebri1

Recirculating hoods are equivalent to the proverbial chocolate fireguard. They really don't work, at least not for 5 mins. You are trying to get moisture out of the kitchen along with the smells, they have no facility for doing that.

Rigid rectangular ducting is available to run over high level units if that's an option to you?

mutley74

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Recirculating hoods are equivalent to the proverbial chocolate fireguard. They really don't work, at least not for 5 mins. You are trying to get moisture out of the kitchen along with the smells, they have no facility for doing that.

Rigid rectangular ducting is available to run over high level units if that's an option to you?

thats what i was thinking except have no units to hide the ducting; unless there is a more more glamorous type ducting that can be shown in a kitchen....else i could box in cladding or some wood finish boards. Not ideal and probably more expensive but looking for ideas.
thanks

andrewf75

I think hoods are a building regs thing really and most people don't actually use them, partly because they're loud. If the kitchen is well ventilated and has a window, do you really need one?

jhe

andrewf75 wrote: »

I think hoods are a building regs thing really and most people don't actually use them, partly because they're loud. If the kitchen is well ventilated and has a window, do you really need one?

I use mine everytime I use my hob.

cyclonebri1

andrewf75 wrote: »

I think hoods are a building regs thing really and most people don't actually use them, partly because they're loud. If the kitchen is well ventilated and has a window, do you really need one?

Yes and double yes, you do need them, think winter stews.
But if you are a takeaway man,?? :D:D

andrewf75

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Yes and double yes, you do need them, think winter stews.
But if you are a takeaway man,?? :D:D

definitely not a takeaway man, we had our new kitchen put in a few months ago and I have honestly never used it. OK its been summer and the window is usually open and its a big airy open plan room anyway, but my parents don't have one and never been a problem and I have friends who had a new kitchen a few years ago and they say they never use it.

phill99

The OP is asking about ducting, not whether he should use an extractor or not, so there is no point dissuading him other wise.

OP, you can get flat ducting which sits on top of kitchen units and normally can't be seen.

Have a look at this:

http://www.screwfix.com/search?search=Flat+ducting