Some advice please - need to replace cooker hood

abbas5001

Hi all,

I need to replace my kitchen cooker hood as the motor and control panel both need replaced and it is just cheaper to buy a new one.  However, the set-up and fittings in my kitchen make it quite difficult to purchase a replacement (or at least to me, i am rubbish at this kind of thing!).  Designs have become more streamlined and I obviously can't find one with the same dimensions but i have located one which is as close as i can find. However, i am still concerned it will not be suitable so i would be grateful for some opinions.  I appreciate it is slightly shorter in length at the top and that will leave a small gap of around 4cm and also the body of the hood is slimmer so there will be some empty space but i have some spare tiles so will get someone to tile that part. Apologies for my very rough drawing of the dimensions!

Current kitchen and hood dimensions 


Proposed new hood dimensions

FreeBear

Is your existing hood extracting to the outside ?

As long as there is sufficient headroom to connect the hood to any ducting, the rectangular vertical "chimney" can be cut down to suit. You may need to drill a couple of holes for the fixing screws, and thin sheet steel can be difficult to cut neatly. But if you can hide the cut in the trim panel that goes over the top, absolute neatness shouldn't be an issue.

DullGreyGuy

Have you taken the chimney off the existing one to see if it's tiled behind? 

Is the current one vented or recirculating?

Not sure what you mean the new one is shorter? Yours is 520mm top to bottom whereas the one you've selected is 665mm minimum or 730mm if in recirculating mode? 

abbas5001

FreeBear said:

Is your existing hood extracting to the outside ?

As long as there is sufficient headroom to connect the hood to any ducting, the rectangular vertical "chimney" can be cut down to suit. You may need to drill a couple of holes for the fixing screws, and thin sheet steel can be difficult to cut neatly. But if you can hide the cut in the trim panel that goes over the top, absolute neatness shouldn't be an issue.

Hi

Yes the existing hood is extracting to the outside.  I did see the height is variable with a min and max on the diagram. Probably a daft question but I’m going to get an electrician to fit it, do you think he would also cut it to size?

abbas5001

DullGreyGuy said:

Have you taken the chimney off the existing one to see if it's tiled behind? 

Is the current one vented or recirculating?

Not sure what you mean the new one is shorter? Yours is 520mm top to bottom whereas the one you've selected is 665mm minimum or 730mm if in recirculating mode? 

I haven’t taken the chimney off but don’t think it’s tiled behind. 

The current one is vented. 

Sorry, I meant to say the current one is 35cm long at the top while the new one is 31cm so there will be a small gap of 4cm between the hood and the kitchen unit 

grumpy_codger

abbas5001 said:

FreeBear said:

Is your existing hood extracting to the outside ?

As long as there is sufficient headroom to connect the hood to any ducting, the rectangular vertical "chimney" can be cut down to suit. You may need to drill a couple of holes for the fixing screws, and thin sheet steel can be difficult to cut neatly. But if you can hide the cut in the trim panel that goes over the top, absolute neatness shouldn't be an issue.

Hi

Yes the existing hood is extracting to the outside.  I did see the height is variable with a min and max on the diagram. Probably a daft question but I’m going to get an electrician to fit it, do you think he would also cut it to size?

Possibly, he will be able to. However, unless the cut side can be at the bottom and hidden inside the hood, I wouldn't rely on some electrician to do this neat job.

IIRC, normally, this cover, purely decorative, can be fitted after the bottom part is fixed. If so, you can leave the final part to some other professional.

DullGreyGuy

abbas5001 said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Have you taken the chimney off the existing one to see if it's tiled behind? 

Is the current one vented or recirculating?

Not sure what you mean the new one is shorter? Yours is 520mm top to bottom whereas the one you've selected is 665mm minimum or 730mm if in recirculating mode? 

I haven’t taken the chimney off but don’t think it’s tiled behind. 

The current one is vented. 

Sorry, I meant to say the current one is 35cm long at the top while the new one is 31cm so there will be a small gap of 4cm between the hood and the kitchen unit 

So the existing chimney is 350mm wide and the proposed new one is 310mm so it will leave you with 20mm on either side so that will come down to if its tiled behind or not. It's not clear from the picture if the chimney just abuts the board going across the top or if it's cut into it. Looks like the vent pipe runs along the top so it's at least partially cut in but wouldn't normally cut the chimney in. 

abbas5001 said:

FreeBear said:

Is your existing hood extracting to the outside ?

As long as there is sufficient headroom to connect the hood to any ducting, the rectangular vertical "chimney" can be cut down to suit. You may need to drill a couple of holes for the fixing screws, and thin sheet steel can be difficult to cut neatly. But if you can hide the cut in the trim panel that goes over the top, absolute neatness shouldn't be an issue.

Hi

Yes the existing hood is extracting to the outside.  I did see the height is variable with a min and max on the diagram. Probably a daft question but I’m going to get an electrician to fit it, do you think he would also cut it to size?

They are normally telescopic so dont need cutting, you can just about see the join in the middle of the below photo


The problem is that you need it to be below the minimum length of the chimney so will need to be cut but there is no guarantee it can be cut short enough depending on the layout of the innards of the device.

silvercar

Do you use it? When ours broke we just opened the window if the kitchen became too smelly or too steamy.

In our new kitchen we have the hob on an island rather than mess up the aesthetics of the ceiling or lose draw space we had an extractor fitted on the outside facing wall.