Hello.
My in laws are going to give the kitchen a lick of paint and redo the wallpaper or should i say i will be the one doing it.
The 2 windows vent/openers in the kitchen have broken hinges so when they open it is very hard to close properly if at all and you have to go outside to push the opener to close the locking espag's inside. They did get somebody out to do this 3 years ago but the old hinges were rivited to the upvc frame and the new ones were screwed in but have come loose now.
In about 2 years they will be getting a new kitchen fitted and replacing the back door and the windows so i am not going to touch the broken vents for now.
The issue they have is that they have to open the back door to let the steam out when the are using the cooker hob.
I suggested a cooker hood, a cheapish one will do for now but i have seen vent only and recirculating ones or combined.
Their cooker is in the corner and has an exterior wall to the left but an interal wall at the back of the cooker so it can't be vented at the back.
I have thought about putting the vent to the left ouside wall but there is an air vent in the top corner of the wall and it also has 2 heating pipes running from the ceiling to the rad by the window.
Can the hood be vented through the air vent to the outside vent and that vent briked/covered up to make a seal for the cooker hood extraction pipe or not.
There are no gas appliances in the kitchen.
I have looked at recirculating hoods but they don't seem to be any good at getting rid of the steam.
Any advice much welcome.
My in laws are going to give the kitchen a lick of paint and redo the wallpaper or should i say i will be the one doing it.
The 2 windows vent/openers in the kitchen have broken hinges so when they open it is very hard to close properly if at all and you have to go outside to push the opener to close the locking espag's inside. They did get somebody out to do this 3 years ago but the old hinges were rivited to the upvc frame and the new ones were screwed in but have come loose now.
In about 2 years they will be getting a new kitchen fitted and replacing the back door and the windows so i am not going to touch the broken vents for now.
The issue they have is that they have to open the back door to let the steam out when the are using the cooker hob.
I suggested a cooker hood, a cheapish one will do for now but i have seen vent only and recirculating ones or combined.
Their cooker is in the corner and has an exterior wall to the left but an interal wall at the back of the cooker so it can't be vented at the back.
I have thought about putting the vent to the left ouside wall but there is an air vent in the top corner of the wall and it also has 2 heating pipes running from the ceiling to the rad by the window.
Can the hood be vented through the air vent to the outside vent and that vent briked/covered up to make a seal for the cooker hood extraction pipe or not.
There are no gas appliances in the kitchen.
I have looked at recirculating hoods but they don't seem to be any good at getting rid of the steam.
Any advice much welcome.