600 mil cooker hoods?

[paolow]

Can anyone help? The gap I have for my cooker hood is marginally smaller than the standard 600mm and is at about 594mm (due to a slight error with a tape measure),
The splashback isnt a problem as these can be custom made but 99.9% of cooker hoods are either 600mm or 900 mm which are no good
Any ideas for a hood that will fit? there are mini ones that I have seen that are 450mm etc but these are a bit small tbh. What I am looking for is one that is a whisker under 600 mil - or one at least fairly close to it? Anyone know of such a thing? Thanks in hope!

[ALawson]

I had the same problem, magnet do one that is from memory 597mm, we had to force the wall units apart. It didn't need fixing to the wall!

[shimmey69]

Can you not move the top cupboards over a smidge???

Or replace a 600 wallunit for a 500???

[CedGTV]

Or you could route a slot in each side of the wall units to get you the extra few mm's.

Got say it sounds like a touch of the schoolboys about the spacing of the wall units.

[hairyben]

You could make a unit to go there and fit an inset hood.

Or if you're venting through the wall not recirculating then fit a wall extractor and fabricate a hood.

[jhfozzy]

Can you not just adjust the cupboards slightly [loosen the retaining screws, move them apart, retighten screws]

Or the PH answer, trim them down a bit.

[Jonboy_t]

Get another eye level cupboard from wherever you got your kitchen from and make some kind of housing the right width for the space, but put in a 450mm hood? It would fit in with the rest of teh kitchen and means you wouldn't have to spend a lot on a flashy looking extractor as it would be hidden from view.

[paolow]

Ok,
Ive remeasured and its 596mm with a bit (not much) of a shove (wood flexing) but the units I have allow for very little adjustment and it is at the limit of how far it can move. I considered elongating the screw holes on the backing plates but it is an 800 mm unit full of crockery so dont really want to weaken them by any amount!
A smaller unit won't do as the one below is also an 800mm unit and I want it to match.
Ordinarily I'd just accept defeat and buy a smaller hood. - I like the idea about fabricating the housing and fitting a smaller hood though - but for the fact its so sodding close! I found a company in America that do 595 hoods but they are a hideous price
I did see that Ikea - who seem to specialise in odd sizes did a kind of flat round hood that was 500mm and would have looked quite good but that seems discontinued sadly.
Id want it to recirculate if that makes any difference....

[paolow]

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/4010906...

on phone to IKEA....

Edited by paolow on Thursday 19th May 18:18

[Toilet Duck]

Can you not remove one of the wall units and run an electric plane up and down one side a few times (assumeing it butts up against another wall unit or a wall so the planed edge won't be visible)? That would give you a few more mm clearance which sounds like all you need.

[wolf1]

You could buy one of the glass arched extractor hoods and have a few mm ground off each side by a glass company.

[Simpo Two]

wolf1 said:

You could buy one of the glass arched extractor hoods and have a few mm ground off each side by a glass company.

Not if it's toughened glass (which I expect it would be) - it will explode.

Tried it before!

For 3mm a side I'd go for the routed slot.

[wolf1]

Simpo Two said:

Not if it's toughened glass (which I expect it would be) - it will explode.

Tried it before!

For 3mm a side I'd go for the routed slot.

They are ground to a finish when made so can be done if the correct equipment is used by someone who knows what they are doing.