Cooker Hood installation

andrewf75

phill99 wrote: »

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

I had no intention of trying to persuade the OP, just saying that many kitchens don't have extractors and some with them don't use them. He may have thought that a kitchen definitely needs an extractor. May be helpful, may not be!

mutley74

andrewf75 wrote: »

I had no intention of trying to persuade the OP, just saying that many kitchens don't have extractors and some with them don't use them. He may have thought that a kitchen definitely needs an extractor. May be helpful, may not be!

i do wish to use an extraction fan; as any cooking i do results in odours and vapours, rather that be extracted externally than leave a kitchen window open (and the window in the kitchen has only 1 large window that opens).

Guess i have not much choice but to use flat ducting guess as its white it will "blend" in okayish.
out of interest how much is it these days to get someone with a circular masonry drill to cut a 4" hole through brick work?

phill99

mutley74 wrote: »

i do wish to use an extraction fan; as any cooking i do results in odours and vapours, rather that be extracted externally than leave a kitchen window open (and the window in the kitchen has only 1 large window that opens).

Guess i have not much choice but to use flat ducting guess as its white it will "blend" in okayish.
out of interest how much is it these days to get someone with a circular masonry drill to cut a 4" hole through brick work?

If you are using flat ducting, you wont need a 4" circipular hole. You need to take abrick out externally and cut a letterbox shaped hole on your internal wall (assuming you have a cavity wall). Externally you just need a plastic grille to cover the hole and to stop birds etc coming in.

mutley74

thanks will get an electrician or builder to give idea what is best fitting. or i could get an adapter to convert from flat to round at the outet

cyclonebri1

andrewf75 wrote: »

I had no intention of trying to persuade the OP, just saying that many kitchens don't have extractors and some with them don't use them. He may have thought that a kitchen definitely needs an extractor. May be helpful, may not be!

Then he would have been correct.

DirectDebacle

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Then he would have been correct.

I don't have an extractor in my kitchen. Which regs require that I do?

blackshirtuk

Just a thought...
Could it be a possibility to put up wall cupboards so you could run the ducting above?

booksurr

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Then he would have been correct.

read question 4 then reconsider your answer ... "the most recent versions of the Approved Documents that support the fourteen technical "Parts" of the Building Regulations'"
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/partf/faqs

mutley74

blackshirtuk wrote: »

Just a thought...
Could it be a possibility to put up wall cupboards so you could run the ducting above?

i cant do that as there is already a boiler cupboard in the corner where the extract would lead to (but still sufficient space for a extractor duct), plus maybe difficult to get a match with the same units.

cyclonebri1

DirectDebacle wrote: »

I don't have an extractor in my kitchen. Which regs require that I do?

I never said any regs specifically dictate the installation of an extractor fan..

What I did answer was the question does a kitchen needan extractor, my view is that it definately does.

If folks want to cook in winter with the doors or widndows open or curry fumes or fried fish permeating through the house still smelling 2 days later then so be it.

But in my view a kitchen needs an extractor even if a difficult fit. You are quite welcome to your view, just don't read things in that I didn't say;)