Peri Winkle Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Can anyone advise us of the best way to install our new cooker hood, which can be extractor or absorbtion method? There are no installation instructions with the kit, and the length of wire exiting from the appliance seems too short to run to a switch reached from the worktop. We are still (just) at the stage of chasing out walls for cabling, as it is a completely new kitchen going in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Our cooker hood has the switches built in. The French guy installing our kitchen just asked for a socket to plug into.Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 I've just put one in. It goes into a junction box high up on the wall above it. It vents into an unused, but open at the top, chimney, via a purpose built hole which seems to have been for the last householder's Aga, (or similar), flue.Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peri Winkle Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Thankyou both for that - this being France, it seemed too simple to just plug it in, but I think that's all we may have to do. There's no chimney in the room, so we're relying on the filters doing a good job. First time we've had one, so fingers crossed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Where does it fit, in relation to kitchen units?Normally, the outlet pipe for an externally vented hood, is small enough to sit above the top trim of the units and thus to an exterior wall. As is mine in the UK.Mine, in France will be piped above what will be a fridge cupboard (for a larder fridge) and so to the outside, since whilst it will sit next to the main chimney - in the part of the kitchen where the old range would have sat, 200 years ago, the chimney is in use.Does your chimney have a stainless flue lining? Is it not therefore possible to vent into the old (huge) chimney space, beside the liner?Just a few thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted June 27, 2006 Share Posted June 27, 2006 Um there is a rule about how high the electric point for a cooker hood needs to be. I seem to recollect that it's 1.8 metres off the deck, but I would need to dig further Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Is that for France, the UK, or both? My UK cooker hood point is over 1.8m high, and was installed by an NIC-EIC electrician..........Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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