On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:55:37 +0100, chunkyoldcortina wrote:

GB wrote:
chunkyoldcortina wrote:
GB wrote:
I'd like to buy a recirculating cooker hood that can just go under a
line of wall cupboards - so heopfullt something a few cms thick. Are
these available? The kitchen fitter said that they all intrude into
the cupboard above, but I was fairly sure that's wrong. Can I just
check with the gurus here, pls?

I think even the slimline slideout designs common in australia such
as this
http://www.delonghi.com.au/products/...Model=SO2M60SS

still intrude some way into the cupboard space when used in
recirculate mode. There are installation diagrams and instructions on
that page.

Thanks for that. This one from Comet says it's just 15 cms high, though.

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro...-_--_-position

Quite a bit more than the slideout rangehood design - that's only 3.5cm high
(visible) which means your cupboard above can be larger, which may mitigate
the intrusion into the cupboard space.

But you've still got a minimum distance between the rings/burners and the
hood, so you may well have to lose some of the cupboard above anyway.

SteveW