Integrated extractor hood: the installation of their own hands

Every year the number of kitchen appliances is growing. Some people save time by taking a part of our duties, others make life more comfortable - clean air, remove steam, odor, soot and grease. These appliances include cooker hoods.

This equipment is necessary for those who are tired of constantly ventilate the room, wash kitchen facades, walls of fat deposited on them. If you're one of these people, without drawing you can not do. To help you, there will be numerous appliance stores, where one can easily choose the model that is suitable in size, power and price.

This is not all of the criteria that need to be supported, making your choice. Are important features of use, types, their form, practicality and performance, as well as the exterior design.

Types of extracts and their design features

should define the place where the plate is positioned as hood installed over it before purchasing the equipment. The place of installation plates depend on the design features of the model. By type of arrangement the kitchen area, hoods divided into several types.

1. Flat. Has small size, does not require installation of the duct. It integrated filters, through which the polluted air. The disadvantage is that they need to be changed periodically. Filter life depends on the intensity of use of stove and hood.
   

   Flat hood - an inexpensive option with built-in filters, which occupies little space

2. Dome. The equipment of this group is connected to the ventilation system, it has a high performance. More impressive size of the housing makes it possible to install fans larger than in the flat. Therefore, their use in large areas where there is a large need for filtering the air flow from the kitchen. Purified from the smell in the far corners of the room.
   

   Dome or chimney hood has good aerodynamics, running almost silently, but is more expensive

3. Integrated. The most widely used species. The main advantage is that it is hidden in the kitchen furniture or countertop and does not spoil the overall style of the interior. Another plus is that the installation of built-in cupboard hoods headset is easily accomplished by yourself and call the toll master is no need.
   

   Hood built the most optimal solution for small spaces

What type of extraction depends on the use of your kitchen size. If the kitchen is small, the power of the flat hood, would be sufficient. Built-in models are good in typical Khrushchev. Save space as the duct itself and the frame neatly placed in the wardrobe. In the kitchen, where space allows, there is a detached island, it fits perfectly into the fireplace or dome hood.

The dimensions of the built-in hood

In order to properly install the embedded extract, produce plate measurements, the existing cabinet, which will be embedded equipment. If you do not pay attention to it, it may happen that the size of the device will exceed the size of the cabinet.

Then, it will need to carry out additional manipulations - to change the wall adjacent lockers or master a new box under the hood sizes. Correctly choosing a model for the kitchen, placed inside, installation overpower themselves, without the help of professionals.

Housing in most embedded extracts, has a rectangular shape, which greatly facilitates installation. The width of the different devices. There compact embodiments, from 45 to 50 cm, are placed into a standard kitchen units.

Another important point that must be considered: the distance from the plate to the hood. It must be such that the part of the device were at a safe distance from the stove heat. Placed high on the hob impractical significantly reduced performance. Pairs with the smell of cooking badly drawn into the device, the desired efficiency is not.

The instructions to the device you will always find the recommended centimeters, the average for all the devices are:

• Electric plate - from 65 cm to 70cm would be optimal;
• for gas - from 70 cm to 80 cm, since there is an open flame.

Plate size also is important. The width of the equipment, ideally, should coincide with or be 1-2 cm wider than the cooktop. This will ensure the maximum efficiency of the plant, and if it is less than slabs, part of the air will not be trapped, and it will reduce performance.

Installation of built-in hood. Materials and tools

Consider the case, when you decide that you do not need a new box, we can only convert an existing wall cabinet. Before you begin, you need to decide on the material of which will be executed vent, prepare a necessary tool to have everything at hand.

The types of materials from which most of the air duct is formed.

1. Plastic. Rectangular or round shapes, different size and diameter. Rectangular channel takes up less space and this is its advantage. This type of duct has smooth walls, so that, the air flow cross above the smaller particles of dirt deposited on the smooth surface. The downside is that for installation, additional knee. Place joint sealant should cover up.
   

   Plastic duct for connection to the exhaust

2. Corrugated. Easily accepts the desired angle of inclination. Extra knee will be required. To avoid excessive noise, corrugation need a good stretch. In order that the air permeability is not decreased, the bending angle should not be more than 90 degrees. Needless to strong bending reduces the extraction performance. If necessary, from a circular shape to make a rectangular, it is easy to implement by pressing the fingers.
   

   Corrugated duct to the hood, hidden behind the panel

And the other type has a number of pros and cons. What to choose, you decide, based on the parameters of equipment, locker capacity, their preferences.

For work in handy the next tool. For marking and measurements needed Roulette, square and pencil. For cutting holes - jigsaw, sawing wood. Another handy screwdriver, bolts, screws. For gluing joints purchase a sealant. To enhance the sealing collars are used, they should be prepared.

Work from the bottom shelf of the cabinet

When installing the built-in hood in the closet, you can go several ways.

• Order cupboard, without the bottom. To display the duct need to be in the middle shelf and the top make suitable openings for him.
• Cupboard under the hood to make your own hands, relying on size.
• Alter an existing furniture object preliminarily remove the bottom hole or cut, the available size.

Disassemble the cabinet is not required. You need to remove it from the wall, disconnect the door. It is more convenient to produce their action on the floor. "Adv" back wall, remove the side mount, while the lower shelf is easy to depart itself.

When carve out a place under the hood, it is necessary to make so that the device body fit tightly against the front wall, and not vice versa. A place where you will be cut, mark marker, drill holes in the corners of the outline and then cut through.

The transformation of the middle part of the cabinet

Most often, extractor hood is attached to the middle shelf. Therefore, it is also necessary to make the cut under the duct. Place cut note pencil if it is round, drill a hole diameter of 10 mm, to enter and penetrate the sawing on a label.

Then it is necessary to identify the device attachment space to the middle part. Regiment attached to the apparatus body, a sharp object to make an incision at the site of the future location of the screws.

To fix the shelves to the sidewalls, use plastic corners. First four corners are attached to the shelf, adjust its position, placing the box on the floor.

Built in cooker hoods in the cabinet and install a duct

The penultimate stage of the work will be a combination of all the parts. Cabinet with the middle part and fixed on her hood, hung in place. We must not forget that the pull-out piece of equipment needs to move freely back and forth. This part is a filter, trapping the fat. He starts to work, when the movable part is located above the slab.

The last stage - the installation of the duct. It is introduced through the top of the cabinet, in propylene beforehand hole connected with the device. Joints necessarily are coated with adhesive, fixed with clamps. Another important to maintain the disconnection portions from the system for cleaning the dirt.

It is then connected to the ventilation duct. For fixing using special grating. Cooker hood - this appliance, should be located near the outlet with earth.

Work quite simple when you consider the points above. Built-in hood - a good option for those who want to save space, save a beautiful interior.

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