The kitchen is the main room in any apartment or country house, where the hostess spends quite a lot of time every day, and all family members must come here at least twice a day. In this small but rather cozy space, delicious aromas of homemade pies and cooked food are constantly hovering around. To prevent various odors from spreading to the entire apartment, it is necessary to make the correct connection of the kitchen hood.

Before going to a specialized store for a purchase, you need to discuss with all your family members so that there are no disagreements later.

Before buying, make the necessary calculations, depending on the cubic capacity of the kitchen.

Manufacturers of household appliances have launched the production of different exhaust systems, which not only have differences in installation, but also function differently.

1. Wall option - a large selection of case design, it will not be difficult to choose a headset for your headset. Installation is carried out above the stove on the adjacent wall.
2. - are considered the ideal solution for a small kitchen, where every centimeter is expensive, installation is done on the wall in the corner.
3. - they are flat, hung above the stove under the wall cabinet, ideally fit into the interior.
4. - installed inside the headset.
5. - a universal type of hood, used in large rooms where the stove and cutting table are in the middle of the kitchen.

You have made a choice and purchased the option that you consider the best. Now a natural question arises: how to connect the hood in the kitchen so that everything works correctly, with the required sanitary standards and safety measures.

Connection Requirements

First of all, check if the apartment has grounding. If you live in a house with built-in electric stoves, then this question disappears - grounding was carried out during construction. In the absence, do not worry, there are many options for how to properly ground a modern city apartment, what conditions are required for this. It will be easier for those who have their own house. Read more about these methods in the article about.

We must not forget about separate socket for a hood that is installed at the level of the system umbrella or a little higher: in this way it is connected to the electrical network of an apartment or a private house.

You will have enough general knowledge about the principle of operation of similar systems to adequately cope with the installation. On the Internet you can find detailed videos that will help you understand the nuances of this process.

Ventilation Features

During the construction of any residential building, a ventilation system is provided. When you or the called master connect the hood in the kitchen, it is violated in any case. To minimize damage, it is recommended to install additional box with valve.

The principle of operation of such a valve is very simple: when the hood is turned off, it is closed with a lid, and the air escapes by gravity; when food is cooked and the hood is turned on, the valve closes the natural ventilation hole with the force of air pressure from the fan. The main advantage of such a system is reverse thrust missing completely.

Old-built houses are equipped with an outdated natural ventilation system, so before making a connection to the home ventilation of the kitchen hood, you need to invite a specialist for advice. Only he will be able to tell what power the model needs.

Many users make the output to the street individually: they drill the outer wall and remove all odors into a personal window with a 100% guarantee.

Connection steps

Work must begin when all the furniture in the room is already in its specific place, especially when the hood connection diagram is built into the kitchen set.
Regardless of the type, the hood is located above the surface of the stove at a height of at least 60 cm, and the final height will depend on the height of the hostess, so that it is convenient to cook and not bang your head on the sharp edges of the umbrella. Thus, you will comply with all basic safety requirements.

You can install a simple hood model yourself, you don’t need special knowledge for this - you need to be able to use a standard set of tools, have a desire to do everything honestly, with excellent quality.

We will consider a simple fastening of the exhaust system housing to the wall of the room:

1. We fix with the help of dowels the U-shaped frame of corners- this will be the support for the entire body.
2. If gas pipes interfere, then we take special long self-tapping screws in the form studs- on the one hand, they look like an ordinary self-tapping screw, and on the other there is a thread for a nut. First, screw them in like self-tapping screws, and then install the exhaust system body on the nuts - as a result, the hood will stand at the right distance from the wall.

Self-tapping stud

1. We fix it on the neck of the umbrella with a special clamp.
2. We connect the structure to the home electrical network, using special socket.
3. We check the operation of the entire system. If everything functions correctly, then we connect the corrugation to a special plastic grill, which decorates the entrance of the ventilation shaft. Lubricate the connection point sealant to avoid system losses.

Fastening the corrugation to the grate

When installing hood bends, follow a simple rule - the fewer pipe bends, the better the draft. Each turn reduces efficiency by 10%.

System filters need to be washed periodically fan bearings lubricate. How often to do this, you will learn from the instruction manual.

Separate line or outlet

If there is grounding in the house, then it is enough to install only a socket to connect the hood to electricity. Here we must remember that it must be placed above the umbrella of the system so that pollution does not fall on the body.

When there is no grounding, then it is necessary to carry out separate line from the transfer box. Well, if it is on the wall in the corridor - you just need to drill the wall, bring out the wires and fix the outlet in the right place.

If the razdatka is far away, then thorough work is ahead: ditch the wall, lay the wire, connect to the electrical panel. And this is a separate conversation.

How to properly install sockets for connecting all household appliances in a modern kitchen is shown in the diagram.

Although many of the home craftsmen do not trust her, she copes with the task much better than round or square plastic pipes. Installation is much cheaper, there is practically no efficiency loss, which cannot be said about air pipes. During installation, it stretches as much as possible, which reduces the noise level.

It is necessary to clean the corrugation and plastic pipes 2 times a year so that they are not heavily clogged with specific accumulations.

Feel free to consult with the master before installing the exhaust system. A great option if your friend has already encountered an installation problem - call him as an assistant, after all the work is completed, you will not regret it.

During installation, each stage is important: you just have to make a little mistake in the horizontal, and this will inevitably create problems in the future that are now invisible. Inflicted little sealant and there are gaps that are invisible, but after some time this will affect the efficiency of the installation. Quite often, such mistakes are made, even by professional builders:

1. A pipe is walled up in the ventilation shafts, and an exhaust system is directly connected to it, in which there is a check valve. When the hood is not working, there is no ventilation of the room, because the valve closes the pipe if the fan is not working.
2. When installing, a pipe with a diameter of only 100 mm is used, and this is not enough - you must use a pipe with diameter not less than 125 mm. Then, within an hour, polluted air with a volume of up to 350 m 3 / h will be removed from the kitchen.

You can eliminate such defects yourself by expanding the entrance to the ventilation shaft, installing a special grill with a round entrance for the exhaust system.

After carrying out all the work, the stuffiness will disappear from the room, the noise from work will decrease - in the renovated kitchen you can comfortably drink a cup of tea with friends.