Neighbour getting smells from our extractor fan?

Blocking it renders it useless , which it pretty much is anyway, just unplug it and leave your kitchen window open when cooking.
 
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Now looking at the diagram on the manual and the actual pictures. It is missing part 13, the long tunnel thing that's suppose to go up the fan chimney and missing 13f and 16 and also part 17 is on upside down!!!! It's off at the moment but that's the way it was fitted. Either installed totally incompetently or there was no room at the top between the ceiling and the hood that they have just improvised and came up with that.
 

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I spoke to an electrician and said it's not possible to vent an extractor fan, in fact let me quote him. "To get pipe out will be a problem, your boiler flue must be min 300 away from any openings to the building inc extractor openings"

He said he can fit a plume like in this photo but I'm mot keen on a plume going along the wall, would rather just the one opening coming out and run it along inside the wall cavity somehow? If possible
You have a choice - a boiler exhaust 'plume' and an extractor or NO extractor.

What you have at present is a bodge of the first order that is not doing the building fabric any good nor is any good for neighbour relations.
 
It might be useful to see a photo of the entire external wall so we can understand why the only possible place for a vent is next to the boiler flue.
 
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My nabors wife has him on a diet & he loves & hate's me when i am cooking a bacon sandwich with the extractor on. ;)
 
If you cover that your extractor will become an ornament

And you'll still have a hole in the new ceiling that lets cooking smell through; don't be surprised if the smell is still observed, albeit to a lesser extent perhaps

Yes, you can likely break out enough wall material to have the extractor duct turn or run at an angle through the wall to get 300mm from the flue. Better pics from a wider angle to show more context would help
 
I think I know why they removed part 13, 13f and 16 when fitting it. The wall socket is in the way, so they just didnt install those essential parts and in order to fit it.
and to fit part 17 ie the cover they put a hole in the false kitchen ceiling which then allowed the fumes to travel straight into the space between the false kitchen ceiling and the real kitchen ceiling and traveling to my neighbours bedroom.

the issue I have now is how can I ensure when I buy a new extractor fan that the wall socket will not be in the way and prevent fitting it?
Wish there were companies who deal with these and can come out and look and tell me which will fit etc and then install them.
 

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The wall socket is in the way, so they just didnt install those essential parts and in order to fit it.
and to fit part 17 ie the cover they put a hole in the false kitchen ceiling which then allowed the fumes to travel straight into the space between the false kitchen ceiling and the real kitchen ceiling and traveling to my neighbours bedroom.

If the socket were made into a flush socket, or simply moved to one side - those missing items might have fitted, but there is still the issue of cooking smells and fumes escaping. Your only worthwhile solution is the find a way, to pipe the fumes of cooking, outdoors. Recirculation systems are not permitted any more, because of the problems you are experiencing.
 
Thanks. But how can we get a vented extractor fan with that wall socket sticking out there I wonder?
 
First thing you should do is respond to the two outstanding requests for better pictures showing more context

Thank you. I have searched through the entire thread but unable to locate the request for futher pictures and what specific pictures are being requested. Please clarify
 
It might be useful to see a photo of the entire external wall so we can understand why the only possible place for a vent is next to the boiler flue.

Here's one.
 
If you cover that your extractor will become an ornament

And you'll still have a hole in the new ceiling that lets cooking smell through; don't be surprised if the smell is still observed, albeit to a lesser extent perhaps

Yes, you can likely break out enough wall material to have the extractor duct turn or run at an angle through the wall to get 300mm from the flue. Better pics from a wider angle to show more context would help

And another
 
Here's one.
Is has been resolved as there are a couple of options including a flue outside. So this is mo longer an issue.

The issue is there's a wall socket right where a cooker hood chimney would be which is clearly the reason the previous owner removed various parts which has caused the issue with the smells going into the neighbours bedroom. As these parts would have directed the fumes into the two side grills at the top rather than directing them fumes into the space between the false and real ceiling and up to his bedroom.
 

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