Cooker Hood Stud

[thebadger7]

Hi all

In process of installing a cooker hood and there is a vertical stud right in the centre line.

I have around 100mm either side of the stud which is not enough for the 125mm hole I was going to make for ducting.

Apart from drilling through stud (which is not ideal as this is what hood is attached to), only thing I can think of is to get an adapter to convert to rectangular ducting and pivot 90 degrees. Something like this

204mm Adaptor

Connect a length of flat channel to a spigot in a straight line with this Verplas adaptor. The 204 x 60mm rectangular end features a female adaptor for connection outside of the duct, while the 125mm round end fits over a male spigot. Easy to work with, easy to fit and designed for use with the...

www.toolstation.com

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Luke

 

[^woody^]

Cut hole as wide and long as the chimney cover allows and use a flexible mylar duct and squeeze it into the shape of the opening.

If that's a stud wall, ensure any vapour barrier is resealed.

 

[thebadger7]

Thanks for reply.

can flexible ducting flex in this way- I thought it could be used around corners but maintained the circular profile (if that makes sense)

 

[^woody^]

It will form a rectangle or any other shape if you want it to.