Kitchen Extractor Fan Location - Structural Question

[tfman]

Hi,

I'm about to have an extractor fan installed in my kitchen. I need to put it through the back wall, as the neighbour doesn't want it extracting into his garden.

Here is a picture of my back wall

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• tfman
• 2 Jun 2014
• 1

I have highlighted in red where I plan to put the extractor fan.

My question is whether this is a reasonable place to put the fan? My main worry is that it would be to too close to the window, and this would cause structural issues.

Is this a concern? What is the minimum distance from the window that the fan can be installed?

 

[tony1851]

215mm (or approx. 1 brick-length if it's brickwork below that render) would be OK.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

the neighbour doesn't want it extracting into his garden.

Sounds reasonable.

Here is a picture of my back wall

While you're out there sorting out the hole for the fan, you really ought to do something about these areas:

 

[tfman]

Thanks for the replies.

The fan has a 6 inch duct, so it is well below 215mm.

Here is a photo of a window reveal in the kitchen after we had the old wooden frame removed.

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• tfman
• 2 Jun 2014
• 1

I think it is concrete, not brick. Does that make a difference on the size of the hole I can make into the wall?

While you're out there sorting out the hole for the fan, you really ought to do something about these areas:

That's a good point. I've been meaning to do that for ages. What would you suggest? Would filling it in with mortar be sufficient?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Here is a photo of a window reveal in the kitchen after we had the old wooden frame removed.

Shouldn't there be something supporting those bricks....

Would filling it in with mortar be sufficient?

And then rendered and painted to match.

 

[tony1851]

Shouldn't there be something supporting those bricks....

Or maybe he could turn the window on its side, so that the bricks turn into blocks

 

[tfman]

Sorry, my camera rotates the images for some reason. It's the side of the window, not the top.

Here is the photo again, but the correctly orientated now.

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• tfman
• 2 Jun 2014
• 1

 

[tony1851]

I don;t know if he was serious or joking!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I didn't click on it - just looked at this, and obviously not closely enough

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

But where's that legendary lecture on how lazy the OP is because he didn't rotate the pic BAS?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

He's already done it - I didn't spot that it was rotated.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Oh.

 

[tfman]

To be fair, it was my initial laziness that caused the confusion. I really don't know why camera does that!

Anyway, thanks for the advice. It seems that it should a reasonable place to locate the extractor fan, which is good.

I will also sort out the other holes at the back.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I really don't know why camera does that!

Is it an iPhone?

 

[tfman]

No, just a bog standard digital camera.