Everyone knows that when smoke and vapour wafts upward inside a room, this is never good for the ceiling. Steam and cooking aromas can create a thick layer of smog above your beautiful kitchen, which has the power to completely ruin years of kitchen remodels and interior décor. However, this is something that can easily be prevented through the use of a range hood. Range hoods suck out cooking vapours and smoke that is produced whenever you prepare meals. They filter these destructive gases, and draw them out of your kitchen. In addition to protecting your ceiling in the long term and minimisingon the smog within your kitchen when cooking, they are also an elegant appliance that has the ability to make any kitchen look sleek and modern.

Below, we will give you a step by step guide on how to install your very own range hood. Here at Work, Leisure, Play we have the perfect set of range hoods for you. If you’re looking for a high quality hood that is effective, try our stainless steel range hood canopy.

1. Unbox and Align

The first thing you’ll want to do is to unbox the unit and lay out all of its components in front of you. It’s important to ensure that you’ve purchased a hood that is big enough to stretch over your stove. Next, you’ll want to prepare knockout holes for your electrical cabling (that will power your hood), and your vent. This can typically be done by using a hammer and a screw driver. Note that the holes should only be deep and wide enough for alignment. After this, take your hood and align it against your wall, placing it in a position that corresponds to your stove below, and the knockout holes you’ve previously prepared.

2. Cut a vent whole within the cupboards above

Once everything is aligned, it’s time to move on to cutting out a hole for your vent within the plaster of the cabinet above. This should be done with a reciprocating saw, or a hole saw. During this process, it’s important to protect both yourself and your clothes by wearing goggles and a dust resistant jump suit. Next, you’ll want to drill locator holes that should bore all the way through the opposing wall with a log bit. These locator holes should take the circular outline of the vent.

3. Preparing the vent

Next, you’ll want to go outside and find your locator holes. Link them together with a pencil, then cut out the larger hole for your vent. After this, you should return to your stack of components from the unboxing and find your hoods vent. Once you have it, fit the vent onto your hood and through the holes you’ve drilled, until the other end of your vent opens up outside your house. Once this is done, you’ll want to go outside and attach a duct to the other end of the vent.

4. Fit your vent to the wall

Finally, you’ll want to secure your vent onto its opposing wall, then connect up all of it electrical cables. This is where the knockout holes that you prepared for the cabling in step one will come in handy. Once this is done, you should spend a few minutes checking over your hood, in order to ensure that its structure is stable, and that everything has been connected up as it should. Then, the last step is to turn on the power and let your range hood do its magic.

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