How do I install a cooker hood?

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Most of us are familiar with it, in the kitchen there is steam when cooking. However, this is not always pleasant, especially when it comes to frying fat, for example. This then also sticks to the kitchen furniture and is difficult to remove. That is why most of them work with an extractor hood. You don't need a lot of experience to install such a hood.

Installing a cooker hood is pretty easy.
Installing a cooker hood is pretty easy.

What you need:

  • An extractor hood and accessories
  • Stone cutters
  • drilling machine
  • various screwdrivers
  • Carpet knife
  • Jigsaw

One Extractor hood belongs in everyone nowadays kitchen. However, you should be careful here. If you live in a rented apartment, you need the owner's approval to attach an exhaust air hose to the outside. If you don't get this, your only option is normal installation and normal steam filtering. However, this is then not very useful. However, should you get approval, you can start assembling.

The installation of an extractor hood is no problem for talented do-it-yourselfers

  1. First you have to mount the extractor hood correctly over the stove. There are two variants here.
  2. Wall mounting is carried out using a spirit level so that the hood is exactly straight. In the case of wall mounting, the scope of delivery then includes an elongated panel, which has the purpose of covering the attached exhaust air hose.
  3. The other type of mounting is on a kitchen cabinet that is attached above the stove. With both variants, remember that you need a socket to operate the extractor hood, which should be located in the immediate vicinity of the hood.
  4. Using a concrete cutter attached to a drill, mill a hole through the wall that is the size of the exhaust hose.
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  5. With the first variant, measure the exhaust air hose after installing the extractor hood. This must extend from the hood to the intended wall connection. Cut this to size using a carpet knife and mount it on the extractor hood. It is best to run the hose over the kitchen cupboards to the wall connection. If you can still see a piece of the hose, see whether there is a possibility of veneering it as well (wooden box, metal facing).
  6. With the second variant, you have to saw a hole in the floor and ceiling of the wall cabinet before installing the extractor hood so that the exhaust air pipe can be guided through. Then connect the exhaust air hose to the extractor hood after installation, just as with variant one and attach it to the wall connection.
  7. The final assembly is carried out from the outside by attaching a wall panel that has movable slats. This veneer ensures that the exhaust air is led to the outside without any problems, but that the ingress of cold is prevented.

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