The flexi hose will have perforated due to heat, it’s unsuitable for Hob.Already done a bit of prep work a week or so ago. Moved the light switch to the right and removed the breakfast bar to add some flooring to the section that will become exposed when that is removed. Yes, those are my handprints from 2001.
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Made a proper start removing it yesterday. It was fitted by a mate of mine over 20 years ago. Looks like he never connected the extractor vent pipe properly. Either that or it has popped off at some point.
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That allowed grease to be blown all over the top of the units. Yuk. Tried removing it with white spirit and then some petrol but in the end, I found it was easy to remove using a sharp scraper.
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Needs foil hose.