cooker hood

I'm having a glass room installed soon (basically big panes of glass in aluminium frames, not entirely an indoor space) and I didn't see anything wrong with having the only kitchen window also inside it. If avoided, that would make the glass room smaller and less worth it but that means that...

Hello? I installed an intergrated recirculating hood while repairing the kitchen this time, and I have a question. I installed a hood in the cabinet, should I make a hole through which air flows out of the cabinet? Some people say they don't need it, and others say they need it.

Have removed old cooker hood & chimney, leaving me with what’s shown in the photo. Presuming my next step is to remove the hardwiring that goes into the socket from the existing motor so I can then remove what’s left of the old appliance, leaving just the socket & then hardwire new appliance...

Hi My cooker extractor motor has started either making a screeching noise on start up or humming and not running , both go away and it starts working normally after about a minute. I've took the motor off as I wasn't sure if there was a capacitor on it that was failing or if it was getting...

Hello there, My project is to properly vent my cooker hood to the outside (currently using charcoal). I want to avoid drilling at the kitchen ceiling height as this would take chunk out of the nice white window lintel and/or the metal rain run off. So I've opted to use the floor cavity (white)...

Hi I am looking for some help please . My Rangemaster cooker hood stopped working sometime ago, I’ve stripped the hood down and degreased the hood. Ive diagnosed the problem to be a faulty motor. I’ve bought a replacement motor, like for like, although the new motor has the same coloured wires...

Hi I purchased a Candy CCE116/1X Cooker Hood and I wanted some advice on the ducting/exhaust. I read the manual that said it requires a 150mm duct, which is fine. The problem I have is the hood will go against an internal wall (see pic) and the only bit of external wall is to the far left of...

Hi all, I have been cleaning up a cooker hood, similar to the restoration of the motor in this video. At 06:45 he seems to put some sort of lubricant on the spindle of the motor. What do you think that is, and do you know any suitable products? (Also, am I right that the tool used at 8:40 is...

I am in the process of installing a new cooker hood and have a query on how to wire it safely. The current hood was wired from a junction box that goes to a fused socket. The problem is the new cooker has an earth wire the old one does not. Can I simply cut the earth wire back then wire in the...

Have an Elica OM cooker hood, and parts seem a little difficult to find. The problem on mine was the push-to-release catch that secures the circular panel of glass which hinges open to allow access to the mesh filter. It started to need several shoves to get it to release. Turns out that once...

Hi all, we have a second hand Britannia cooker hood which comes with an outlet which is 150mm diameter. The external diameter of the duct is 160/162mm and we are struggling to find someone to core it for us, as hire places usually go only up to 6" in size (150mm). Industrial corers can do it...

I wish to have a new cooker hood installed that will come with a plug, so need a single socket installed up high. Initial idea was to use a vacant single socket above the worktop, change this to an FCU and spur a socket above or in the wall unit adjacent to where the cooker hood needs to go...

I'm renovating an old house & so have access to the ceiling void to run duct from the fairly central cooker to the back wall (~5.60m) Why don't the joists run the other way! I will run 150mm duct and am planning to fit a Manrose MF100 inline fan around half way along the run. Is there a...

Hello, I have this old cooker hood that has packed up now and would like to replace it. It is a vented japanese model (was already there when I bought the house). The issue is that the vent hole is not above the chimney as usually is the case. Can anyone please suggest how can I go about...

Yesterday - I hired an electrician to install this: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/household-appliances/cooking/hoods/neff-d61lac1n0b-visor-cooker-hood-stainless-steel-10164704-pdt.html I always get the opinion of fellow diynot forum members, before any job is accepted (by me) & signed off (due...

Hi, In our kitchen there was a vented single cooker hood - previous owners extended the tiled area behind the cooker then used a range. The ducting goes up and into a wooden box below the ceiling presumably as it is too high for the extending chimney hood. The new range cooker hood is going...

I'm not yet onto doing our kitchen, however I will have the floors in the bathroom above the kitchen up for replacement before then, and so I want to take the opportunity to get some ducting put there while I can for the eventual cooker hood. I had in mind to take the hood outlet up, 90 turn...

Hi Guys, I have just found out that I have polystyrene wedges in the vent that leads outside from the cooker extractor fan. Is this normal? Can I remove it to hopefully increase airflow? i have attached an image. I am baffled why it was put there in the first place

Hi, I have a Baumatic bti975gl cooker hood... it sounds quite loud when you switch it on... and the vent seems fine as when I go to the outside wall of the house it is blowing air out quite well. However, it is not sucking any air above the cooker... even with the filters totally removed. All...

Hello I would really appreciate some advice. I have just had a new kitchen fitted and it's all looking great. The last thing that needs doing is the canopy extractor hood (DHL575CGB). I live in a block of flats, so extracting to the outside isn't really possible. I therefore bought the...