Cutting tiles above cooker hood.

[guyank]

Hi all,

I have a hood that can be used in recirculating or exhaust modes. When it was fitted for the previous owner, it was installed so that it could only be used to recirculate, i.e. no exhaust ducting was fitted. I've had a vent tile fitted on the roof and now need to run the ducting from the extractor to this. It's a fairly easy run through the loft as its a bungalow.

The only problem I have is the tiling. As you can see in the two pictures, there is a tile directly above the hood. I need to cut a section out of this to run the duct through. The cut doesn't need to be particularly neat as its hidden by the hood, so I'm trying to find the cheapest way to do it.

I've looked at hiring an angle grinder and also buying a core drill bit from drill365, but both options are going to cost me about £65. Is there a simpler, cheaper way to achieve it?

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• guyank
• 12 Aug 2013
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• guyank
• 12 Aug 2013
• 1

Thanks

Guyan

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

I would template the hole, slightly bigger than duct, then you could consider stitch drilling with a tile bit the circumference of hole and if you have a jigsaw, there are tile blades available, or alternative use a tile file to make the final cut.
Be careful of what is above and beware any vibration may bring the tile down.

 

[guyank]

Thanks. As far as I can tell, above the plasterboard is the old chimney stack that is full of blown insulation. I'll take all that out before I start.

 

[dann09]

Why not simply remove the tile in question (prise it down at the joins), and mark out the duct position.

Its possible that the extractor covers the whole removed tile area, but tile cuts can be used to cover any exposures.

The duct can be pre-fixed to the extractor, and pushed up into the c/breast flue.