Island Extractor Hood

[AileenF]

I am currently at the first-fix stage of building a new house. I am going to have an Island with a hob and extractor hood in the kitchen. The first-floor is concrete bison slab. Is there anything i should be doing now at this stage , ie: make a hole in an outside wall etc.

Any advice would be mostly appreciated.

 

[jrewing]

You should be talking to your builder now about how you will run the vent to the outside wall "invisibly". Had an issue with this myself when I retro-fitted an island hood to the kitchen, ended up having to run the vent along the underside of the ceiling.

Perhaps builder could also install a 4-6" pipe through the blockwork in the wall to run your vent through.

Island hoods are pretty difficult to mount yourself (very heavy, at height etc.) so if the builder / kitchen fitter will take it on, I suggest you let them do it.