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We recently completed some kitchen electrical work for a customer in Shiphay, Torquay, where one of the main parts of the job was properly ducting their cooker hood to the outside of the property.
It sounds like a relatively small part of a kitchen installation, but the way a cooker hood is ducted can make a noticeable difference to how effectively it works.
For this particular kitchen job in Shiphay, we installed hard rigid ducting from the cooker hood to the external outlet, keeping the route as neat, short and direct as reasonably possible.
For us, this is an important part of finishing a kitchen properly. There is little point installing a good quality cooker hood if the extracted air then has to travel through badly fitted, crushed or unnecessarily long flexible ducting before it reaches outside.
Why Did We Use Hard Ducting for This Cooker Hood in Shiphay, Torquay?
Where the kitchen layout allows it, we generally prefer rigid ducting for the main section of a cooker hood extraction route.
Flexible ducting definitely has its place. Sometimes it is needed to make a final connection or negotiate an awkward area. The problem comes when long lengths of flexible ducting are used unnecessarily.
Flexible ducting has a corrugated internal surface, which creates more resistance as the air passes through it.
It can also become compressed, sag over time or be installed with tight bends, all of which can reduce how efficiently the cooker hood removes air from the kitchen.
Rigid ducting gives the extracted air a smoother route.
On this recent cooker hood installation in Shiphay, Torquay, we were able to install a hard duct route between the cooker hood and the external vent, giving the extractor a proper route to discharge the air outside.
The aim is always to keep the duct run as short and direct as practical and avoid unnecessary bends wherever possible.
Why Is Proper Cooker Hood Extraction Important?
When you are cooking, particularly when boiling water, frying food or using several pans at once, a surprising amount of moisture, heat, cooking smells and airborne grease can build up in the kitchen.
A cooker hood can either recirculate the air back into the room or extract it outside.
Recirculating cooker hoods normally use grease and carbon filters. These can help reduce smells and grease, but they do not remove moisture from the property in the same way as external extraction.
Where it is practical to duct a cooker hood outside, that is normally the solution we would favour.
For this customer in Shiphay, external extraction was possible, so installing hard ducting gave them a much better permanent setup.
For customers planning a kitchen refurbishment elsewhere in Torquay, this is something worth considering before all of the cabinets and finishing work are completed.
Kitchen Electrical Work in Shiphay
This job is a good example of why kitchen electrical work is about much more than simply fitting sockets.
When customers first think about the electrical side of a kitchen refurbishment, they normally think about ovens, hobs, sockets and lighting.
Cooker hood extraction can easily get forgotten.
We regularly become involved with kitchen projects where the cupboards and appliances have already been planned, but nobody has fully considered where the cooker hood duct is going to run.
That can turn what should have been a straightforward job into something much more difficult.
On this Shiphay kitchen installation, we were able to create a proper duct route so that the cooker hood could extract outside as intended.
Planning the duct route early makes it much easier to keep everything neat and avoid unnecessary alterations once the kitchen is finished.
As an electrician in Torquay, we carry out a wide range of kitchen electrical work in Shiphay and across the wider Torquay area, including cooker hood supplies, appliance circuits, sockets, lighting, ovens, hobs and alterations to existing electrical installations.
Why A.M Electrics Does Not Remove Rubbish From Site
Another question that sometimes comes up on electrical jobs is what happens to old fittings, packaging and waste once the work is completed.
At A.M Electrics Devon Ltd, rubbish removal is not normally included within our electrical work.
There is a genuine reason for this.
We do not operate as a registered waste carrier and we do not have a commercial waste bin or waste facility where we can take rubbish collected from customers' properties.
Because of that, we cannot simply load removed materials, packaging, old electrical accessories or building waste into the van at the end of a job and dispose of it elsewhere.
This applies whether we are working on a kitchen in Shiphay, carrying out electrical work elsewhere in Torquay or completing jobs across Devon.
Waste produced at customers' properties needs to be transported and disposed of correctly.
We would much rather be open about this than incorrectly remove waste when we are not set up or registered to do so.
Does That Mean We Leave a Mess?
No.
There is a big difference between not transporting waste and leaving a customer's property untidy.
When we finish an electrical job, we clean our working area and gather together the waste we have created.
Any removed materials or packaging that we cannot take away are left neatly and safely on site for the customer to dispose of through the appropriate route.
On larger refurbishment projects, including kitchens, there is often already a waste arrangement in place through the kitchen installer, builder or a hired skip.
Where a significant amount of rubbish is expected, it is always worth discussing waste disposal before work starts.
For the recent job in Shiphay, Torquay, our priority was to leave the electrical installation completed neatly and the work area tidy once the cooker hood ducting had been finished.
Testing the Cooker Hood Installation in Shiphay
After completing the hard ducting at the Shiphay property, we checked the cooker hood was operating correctly and that air was being discharged through the external duct route as intended.
As with all our kitchen electrical work, the finished installation needs to do more than simply look good.
It needs to work properly, be practical for everyday use and be installed neatly.
This Torquay cooker hood installation is a good example of how getting one of the smaller details right can make a real difference to the finished kitchen.
Most of the ducting may be hidden once the kitchen is finished, but the route and type of ducting can have a real effect on how well the extractor performs.
Planning a Kitchen in Shiphay or Torquay?
If you are having a new kitchen fitted in Shiphay or elsewhere in Torquay, it is worth getting the electrical side planned before the kitchen installation gets too far along.
A.M Electrics Devon Ltd can help with cooker hood supplies and extraction, sockets, kitchen lighting, appliance supplies, ovens, hobs and other electrical alterations required during a kitchen refurbishment.
Our new kitchen electrics service covers both smaller alterations and more involved kitchen electrical work.
If you are looking for a reliable Torquay electrician for a kitchen project in Shiphay or the surrounding Torquay area, get in touch with A.M Electrics Devon Ltd on 01626299105 to discuss the work required.