exposed metal extractor ducting kit
Tani H-S
5 years ago
Mock up of our kitchen units (ignore the cream wall to the left as that won't be there) with the actual extractor hood we have bough (the chimney style).
The pipe to the side is not set and is just an idea the kitchen company came up with but at present, the ceiling hasn't been boarded so it's not in there yet.
My issue is that the rooflight and joists (that can't be cut though) blocks us from venting straight out from the chimney so we have to kind of run the vent to the side of it through the ceiling then find some sort of nice exposed kit (round or squared) that will join up with the side of the chimney (which we will have to cut down!) .
I was wondering whether to try and hide any of it at all and just have the pip running across the ceiling to outside as we do like the more industrial theme anyway.
Do any of you know where I can get a nice finish exposed pipe from? DO you think the round bendy
stuff is better or the flat squared off metal with angle fittings in it??
As our builder and kitchen fitter has disappeared on us, I'm left to sort it out now :o(
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5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoPersonally I don’t like the pipe I think it looks botched.
I would choose one of four other solutions.
Perhaps the hob can go somewhere else where the extractor can vent.
Perhaps the vent can go into the ceiling but exit the roof further away.
You could make the extractor a recirculating one and add an additional extractor elsewhere in the room to comply with building regs.
You could find somewhere else above the island to vent the extractor and then create a box above the island to hide the ducting.
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5 years agoJonathan
5 years agoFor me the issue is the chimney on the extractor you have bought is supposed to hide any ducting so the style isn’t right for the industrial ducting look. Perhaps the thing to do is to use a different extractor that could have been designed for use in this way -ie without a chimney. I would be looking at canopy extractors and flush ceiling extractors to see if they deliver the right look.
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5 years agoSo my v bad drawing idea -
I think to get it to look good with all exposed ducting, I need to not have the chimney going all the way up to the ceiling.
However the hood needs to fix to the ceiling as that is how it is hung and unless I build the canopy frame so that the extractor sits on top of it (say 1.5” in from the outside of the extractor edge) I somehow need to suspend the extractor using hanging hooks. The clear/metal stiff rope?
Then the ducting can sit into the top and run across the ceiling without any of it being buried into the ceiling and looking like an afterthought.
@Jonathan - do you think we will get away with this idea to make it look more industrial??
Do you guys think suspending on wires is best or letting the canopy take the weight?
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