Cooker hood in apartment?

trionap11

Hi,looking for advice on getting a cooker hood fitted.We live in a duplex apartment,so we have nobody over us,just our attic.we do have other apartments either side of us.
I've only started researching this,am I right in thinking there's 2 types,a duct hood and recirculating hood?I presume the duct hoods are better?
It gets very steamy when I'm cooking and as we are prone to mould in the apartment I'm keen to get a hood fitted but don't know if we can get a ducted hood fitted can we?
Thank you.

cletus

Recirculating hoods are not very good. If you have access to the attic, it might be possible to vent via the soffit.

This is assuming that the hood is not going on an external wall, because then you could just go through the wall

trionap11

cletus wrote: »

Recirculating hoods are not very good. If you have access to the attic, it might be possible to vent via the soffit.

This is assuming that the hood is not going on an external wall, because then you could just go through the wall

Thanks for the reply,cooker is on internal wall so will have to go through the attic ...would that be a big job??

cletus

No. Cut a hole in the ceiling to accommodate the duct pipe from the hood. Run the flexi hose you get with the hood from the hood itself to the external edge of the ceiling. Pull back the insulation, cut an appropriate sized hole in the soffit. Biggest problem would be fitting the external cover, as your up on the first floor, but all you need is a ladder that will reach

mick121

Word of caution you may need permission off the management company to access the attic,this space afaik is not yours to enter and run personal services through.I'd get it in writing.