Dear Wise Collective,
First time poster but need some advice from people who know what they're talking about.
We had a kitchen fitted a couple of years ago with a down-draft extractor which was supposed to vent at the back of our house through an air brick. Recently our neighbours complained about cooking smells from our kitchen (semi-detached) so I went into the floor space and found that the extractor hose just stops and vents into the floor space.
Just been on the phone to the kitchen company who sound like they are going to try to argue that it's too difficult to vent it properly and propose to fit some carbon filters. I feel that continuing to vent into the floor space is not a good idea re moisture etc.
Anyone have an opinion on whether it is a) acceptable practice, and b) if there are any regulations that relate to this? I'm going to be living with the solution for years so I need to know it's been sorted satisfactorily.
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Thanks all for your thoughts,
Ed
First time poster but need some advice from people who know what they're talking about.
We had a kitchen fitted a couple of years ago with a down-draft extractor which was supposed to vent at the back of our house through an air brick. Recently our neighbours complained about cooking smells from our kitchen (semi-detached) so I went into the floor space and found that the extractor hose just stops and vents into the floor space.
Just been on the phone to the kitchen company who sound like they are going to try to argue that it's too difficult to vent it properly and propose to fit some carbon filters. I feel that continuing to vent into the floor space is not a good idea re moisture etc.
Anyone have an opinion on whether it is a) acceptable practice, and b) if there are any regulations that relate to this? I'm going to be living with the solution for years so I need to know it's been sorted satisfactorily.
Photo below
Thanks all for your thoughts,
Ed