We're in the process of fitting a new kitchen and we've got our new shiny induction hob on a peninsular. There is therefore no wall to put an extractor fan on, so as part of the work we ran 110mm soil pipe between the joists and have a hole coming down in the ceiling over the hob position. I made sure there was lots of battens next to the hole for hanging an island hood.
The hood is a Baumatic ISL5SS. Very good value, but that's about its only redeeming point. It's not very well made, the instructions are dire, some of the techniques in the method are daft (have you tried screwing a poor quality self tapper into a too-small hole in 2mm steel plate, with the hole 10mm from the ceiling?) Tip: self-tap the hole BEFORE mouting the ceiling plate.
The instructions tell you how to calculate the length of angle iron needed to hang down. All very simple stuff, except we discovered while doing the building work our ceilings are only 230cm, so about
10cm short of normal. To achieve the 75cm over the worktop that I want is impossible using the method in the instructions. Using the method in the instructions it would be just 45cm off the worktop!Using a different method of assembly, the highest I can get the thing off the worktop is about 64cm which still seems too low to me.
The limiting factor is the stainless steel canopies that are 60cm long and have to put on in two stages, making a stepped look. My other half reckons the 2 stage canopy will look ugly, and I think she might be right.
I've looked at others and none seem to go as short as I need, so I can't even send it back and get something else.
I think my only solution is to drill holes in one canopy and just use the one canopy. This way I can get about 70cm off the worktop AND I wont get the 2 stage ugly step. If I need to go shorter I will need to cut down the thin metal canopy, which is specialist since its stainless steel.
Has anyone fitted this hood (or the Caple/Electrolux identical models) and had problems?
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