What do people use to cover the ducting for cooker hood

plumb1_2

No need to buy expensive 18mm, just use 9 mm mdf. Think you can buy small panels of it in wicks or b n q

ThisIsWeird

Beaten by a few minutes. I hate it when that happens to me...

Love it t'other way around

Zoe02

ThisIsWeird said:

Zoe02 said:

Does the mdf have to be moisture resistant or a standard 

2440 x 1220 x 18mm ok?

Standard should be fine, tho' moist-resist is better. But you only need a small panel, 600x600 or so. And 9mm thickness is plenty - even 6mm will do, and will be much easier to handle.

Two rectangular panels cut to fit neatly around the pipe, so they'll be just over 100mm wide x however long the distance betwixt the hood chimney and the RH wall. Butt-joined together in an L-shape using a small - say 15x15 - timber batten for strength. Joinned edges sanded smooth and blended in. Two more battens affixed to the wall and ceiling to take the panel edges, and jobbie jobbed.

Thank you so much. 

Are this 2 good, Wickes smallest size is 606 x 1220mm will check B&Q website if they have smaller size. 

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-General-Purpose-Medium-Density-Fibreboard-MDF-Board---9-x-606-x-1220mm/p/110512

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Studwork-CLS-Timber---38-x-63-x-2400mm/p/107177?fix

FreeBear

plumb1_2 said: No need to buy expensive 18mm, just use 9 mm mdf. Think you can buy small panels of it in wicks or b n q

Have a rummage through the offcuts bin if there is one.. If not, B&Q do indeed stock smaller sheets (405x810mm, 610x1220mm, and 1220x2440mm) - Measure up what you need, and most stores will be able to cut a sheet to your dimensions. I suspect the smallest cut in half would be just the ticket, plus three bits of 25x25mm to fix to the wall/ceiling, and corner.

ThisIsWeird

You just need 'batten' timber for the joining of them. Eg: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Sawn-Kiln-Dried---19-x-38-x-1800mm/p/9000262460

ThisIsWeird

This gives an idea of the process. He uses thicker MDF and specialist screws (and pre-drilling holes), so didn't need a batten where the two panels meet. But for thinner MDF, it would be needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6cVYG_vxQU

benson1980

Zoe02 said:

housebuyer143 said:

FreeBear said:

Zoe02 said:

moneysaver1978 said:

Is a narrow kitchen cupboard an option to hold spices, cooking oils, etc. so at least that space is functional?

It's a 1 bedroom flat, the kitchen has just been fitted, wasn't planning any more cupboards. Nearly there hopefully something can be sorted.

I'm really hoping that you are not paying for that "refit" - Aside from the ducting, who ever did the sockets needs shooting, and the tiler needs to find another job. The socket on the farthest left is useless. No space between the fitting and the tiles to get a plug in.. Neither pair of sockets are on the same level, and surface mounted trunking is cheap/nasty.

Oh, and watch your toes on the trim panels down by the kickstrips.

How hard would it have been to put the wires behind the new tiles. I have never seen trunking built into the tiling before...

I was shocked myself. 
Next time will be using someone else as those were newly fitted tiles.

The the wires usually go behind the tiles or walls? 

Erm yes they do. Did the subject of the exposed cable trunking not crop up though when discussing quote/job/ final finishes? I have never seen anyone tiling around trunking before. Takes some effort in fairness cutting the individual tiles around it- you’d think it would have actually been quicker to chase a channel in the wall and then you’ve got a clear run with the tiling. 

Emmia

The OP would probably need to have specified the plug sockets should be moved as the installer otherwise will go for an easier life, and leave as is...

Unfortunately the ducting with the wires is at two obviously different levels... If it had been all the same height, it would look like more of a specific choice - rather than (sorry) a bit of a bodge.

plumb1_2

FreeBear said:

Just a thought... Where is the isolation switch for the cooker hood ?

I’ve just looked at the pre fitting picture and there’s no electrical for the extractor. I previously said it could ? be behind the hood.
So I guess this not so good builder has just spliced into the cable in the truncking to supply a feed to it. And maybe wired directly into the extractor without an isolator being fitted, that would concern me. Also who has fitted the electrical supply to oven/hob ?
And I guess the socket on the right is a spur from the left hand socket that’s why plastic trunking is running across the wall.

Op with this being a rental have you had a sparkie in yet to test. Before it’s rented.

Zoe02

benson1980 said:

Zoe02 said:

housebuyer143 said:

FreeBear said:

Zoe02 said:

moneysaver1978 said:

Is a narrow kitchen cupboard an option to hold spices, cooking oils, etc. so at least that space is functional?

It's a 1 bedroom flat, the kitchen has just been fitted, wasn't planning any more cupboards. Nearly there hopefully something can be sorted.

I'm really hoping that you are not paying for that "refit" - Aside from the ducting, who ever did the sockets needs shooting, and the tiler needs to find another job. The socket on the farthest left is useless. No space between the fitting and the tiles to get a plug in.. Neither pair of sockets are on the same level, and surface mounted trunking is cheap/nasty.

Oh, and watch your toes on the trim panels down by the kickstrips.

How hard would it have been to put the wires behind the new tiles. I have never seen trunking built into the tiling before...

I was shocked myself. 
Next time will be using someone else as those were newly fitted tiles.

The the wires usually go behind the tiles or walls? 

Erm yes they do. Did the subject of the exposed cable trunking not crop up though when discussing quote/job/ final finishes? I have never seen anyone tiling around trunking before. Takes some effort in fairness cutting the individual tiles around it- you’d think it would have actually been quicker to chase a channel in the wall and then you’ve got a clear run with the tiling. 

benson1980 said:

Zoe02 said:

housebuyer143 said:

FreeBear said:

Zoe02 said:

moneysaver1978 said:

Is a narrow kitchen cupboard an option to hold spices, cooking oils, etc. so at least that space is functional?

It's a 1 bedroom flat, the kitchen has just been fitted, wasn't planning any more cupboards. Nearly there hopefully something can be sorted.

I'm really hoping that you are not paying for that "refit" - Aside from the ducting, who ever did the sockets needs shooting, and the tiler needs to find another job. The socket on the farthest left is useless. No space between the fitting and the tiles to get a plug in.. Neither pair of sockets are on the same level, and surface mounted trunking is cheap/nasty.

Oh, and watch your toes on the trim panels down by the kickstrips.

How hard would it have been to put the wires behind the new tiles. I have never seen trunking built into the tiling before...

I was shocked myself. 
Next time will be using someone else as those were newly fitted tiles.

The the wires usually go behind the tiles or walls? 

Erm yes they do. Did the subject of the exposed cable trunking not crop up though when discussing quote/job/ final finishes? I have never seen anyone tiling around trunking before. Takes some effort in fairness cutting the individual tiles around it- you’d think it would have actually been quicker to chase a channel in the wall and then you’ve got a clear run with the tiling. 

I do not understanad why that was not done if no walls were needed to be broken.