Retrospective Kitchen Rangehood Ducting

John Kimble on 07/05/2024 - 19:47

Hi,

Hoping for yet again, some expert advice.

I need to get my rangehood ducted outside retrospectively.

Would involve a long ladder or similar, cutting out some brick and/or MDF bulkhead and installing an external vent of some sort to the side of the kitchen and making good any damage to the bulkhead.

Who would I engage for this?

Handyman? Builder? Someone else?

Any ideas on ballpark cost would also be great if possible.

TIA

Any questions, please let me know.

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Background:

Live in a ground floor, double brick strata block.
When we renovated our kitchen a few years ago, the owners of the unit above us vetoed us from exhausting our rangehood outside, saying this would mean they couldn't open their window for fresh air if we were cooking! 🤦

Because of this, the builders just ran the duct up to the internal vent, and then installed a bulkhead.

Those owners sold shortly after and new owners moved in. These new owners soon complained that they could smell the exhaust smell emanating from inside their kitchen cabinets somehow? My only guess is the exhaust is going into the double brick cavity and somehow getting in their kitchen cabinets?

I explained to them the previous owners didn't allow me to exhaust externally and how the builders decided to duct as a workaround. The new owner (who is in the building industry) said that was a terrible idea and now they are suffering from it, also saying it probably isn't great to have exhaust just vented into the wall cavity in the first place. They approved us getting the rangehood exhausted out correctly.

Home & Garden Rangehood

Comments

  • Benoffie on 07/05/2024 - 20:27
    +1

    Rangehoods actually have their own installers. For the stuffing around, parts etc, they are worth it. Just search "rangehood installation Sydney"

    • John Kimble on 07/05/2024 - 21:20

      Thanks, the thought never crossed my mind that there are dedicated rangehood install people 🤦

  • Stewardo on 07/05/2024 - 20:42
    +1

    Plumber could do it or a builder or cabinetmaker. Not a hard job, being strata you need someone licensed.
    I’d jump on google maps and look for cabinet maker.
    Ring and ask the question. You may need some bulk head joinery to hide the pipe work anyway.

    • John Kimble on 07/05/2024 - 21:25

      Yep, because there are so many different things belonging to what I assume are different trades, I wasn't sure where to begin. Eg I didn't want a plumber doing a crap job repairing my bulkhead etc

      • Stewardo on 07/05/2024 - 21:28

        Depends on the bulkhead, might be easy to unscrew from the top of the top cabinets

  • payless69 on 08/05/2024 - 08:11
    +1

    You still need written approval from bodycorp!

    • John Kimble on 08/05/2024 - 08:47

      Yep, was approved at an AGM a year or two ago

      • payless69 on 08/05/2024 - 08:58
        +1

        Do it before new folks move in and change things. We had our bodycorp been snatched up secretly by the Perpetual Bank. What a bunch of crooks they are, commit perjury in a small court. Got away with it, apparently it is not a crime when done by a bank!!

  • JimB on 08/05/2024 - 09:51
    +1

    I'd go back to the original builder for a quote, they may look after you price wise. Or ask them who they would recommend.

    A plumber would be the best qualified to do so, but he won't make good the bulkhead.

    Therefore a handyman can do both the vent and the bulkhead.

  • godofpizza on 08/05/2024 - 09:53
    +1

    we had a roofing plumber install our ducting for rangehood.

  • brad1-8tsi on 08/05/2024 - 17:34

    Make sure you comply with the fire regulations. I can't duct mine outside (in a practical manner) as it contravenes the fire code. I have to recirculate.

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