Hi,

I'm just about to begin extending my house and part of the work will involve
fitting a cooker hood. Does anyone have any advice for me such as: What do I
need to look out for, which mistakes is a novice most likely to make?

I do have a couple of specific questions though.

1) Due the new layout, it's likely that I'll have to fit an island type hood
as there will be no wall behind the cooker to attach it to. With respect to
their construction, does anyone know what the difference is between an
island and wall mounted hood?

2) About 1.5 metres above the cooker, I'll have approx 0.5 mtr of wall which
could be used to fix a hood to, i.e. most of the ducting could be fixed to
this. So will this mean I can use a conventional hood rather than an island
hood? Islands hoods are really expensive compared to wall mounted, so it
would be a real saving if I could get away with it.

Any help much appreciated.