23 - 27 December 2018
We have an extractor fan fitted over the cooker, but the air duct to the outside is not yet installed. When we were building the house, we forgot to include an air duct access, and you can't retrofit big holes in strawbale walls. So the only place we can vent to the outdoors is through the pantry window. This is not a big loss, as the window is very small and north-facing, so it doesn't do much to light the room. We can replace the glass with plywood, make a duct hole, and still have a little space for ventilation with a metal mesh to keep out insects.
However, before we can run the duct, we have to board the top of the walls and the ceiling, then fill and paint, as it won't be accessible once the duct is installed.
We have an extractor fan fitted over the cooker, but the air duct to the outside is not yet installed. When we were building the house, we forgot to include an air duct access, and you can't retrofit big holes in strawbale walls. So the only place we can vent to the outdoors is through the pantry window. This is not a big loss, as the window is very small and north-facing, so it doesn't do much to light the room. We can replace the glass with plywood, make a duct hole, and still have a little space for ventilation with a metal mesh to keep out insects.
However, before we can run the duct, we have to board the top of the walls and the ceiling, then fill and paint, as it won't be accessible once the duct is installed.
This is the jigsaw of plywood pieces to fit around the installed shelving batons and replace the window glass.
Window pieces installed.
Quite neat from outside
Installed jigsaw pieces, with hole drilled from over the cooker.
Ceiling boards (again. Sigh!)
Poking the duct through
Dave does the fitting into the cooker hood.
But then it all squished and bent and then ripped, so we'll have to get some angle pieces and more tube and try again.
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