Cooker hood installation · Greater London
Cooker hood installation in Tooting
Cooker hood installation in Tooting starts with a free survey visit: we measure up, check the walls, floor and service positions, and explain what the job involves before anything is priced.
Who usually needs cooker hood installation in Tooting?
If your Tooting kitchen has an older open-flued boiler, fitting a stronger hood needs care, as it can affect the flue and should be followed by a spillage test.
A new kitchen in a Tooting home can move the hob away from the old vent, so the hood, the duct run and the wall grille all need rethinking together. If your home is in Tooting or close by in Streatham or Mitcham, the same survey, quote and fitting process applies.
What does the job involve?
The exact scope is agreed after the survey, but a typical job in Tooting covers:
- Hood fixed at the height set by the hood and hob manufacturers
- Core drilling through the outside wall and an external grille fitted and sealed
- Recirculating hoods fitted with carbon filters, and their limits explained
- Survey of the hob position, duct route, outside wall and any open-flued appliance
- Short, straight runs of rigid ducting wherever the route allows
- Island and ceiling hoods fixed into the ceiling structure by two people
How much does cooker hood installation cost in Tooting?
Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in London, and are firmed up once we have seen your Tooting kitchen. Prices in London usually run above the national guide, mainly because labour and parking cost more.
| Typical project | Guide price |
|---|---|
| Like-for-like cooker hood swapSame position and ducting | £160–£310 |
| New ducted hood through an outside wallCore drilling, ducting run and external grille | £390–£1,200 |
| Island or ceiling hood installedTwo-person install, fixings to the ceiling structure | £390–£820 |
| Recirculating hood fittedNo ducting; carbon filters need replacing | £160–£390 |
Guide ranges cover fitting and connection with standard ducting through a straightforward wall; long or concealed duct runs, ceiling repairs, new electrical spurs, spillage tests and the hood itself are priced separately. Prices include VAT at 20%.
House types around Tooting and what they mean for a kitchen
In and around Tooting, homes range across Victorian and Edwardian terraces, conversion flats, mansion block flats and 1930s semis. Victorian terraces often have a narrow galley beside the side return, while conversion flats and mansion blocks usually fit the kitchen into a small room or along one living-room wall.
Permit parking, red routes and flats without lifts are common, so parking suspensions, stair carries and lift bookings may need arranging before delivery day. London's mains water is hard, so limescale builds quickly on taps and boiling water taps, and a scale-reducing filter is worth planning in.
Building regulations, electrics and gas in Tooting
In England, Approved Document F guidance for kitchen extract is about 30 litres per second from a cooker hood extracting outside, or 60 litres per second from a fan elsewhere in the room. A recirculating hood does not remove moisture, so another means of extract is usually needed. A new vent through the outside wall of a flat may need planning permission and the freeholder's consent, and an open-flued gas appliance in the room calls for a spillage test.
Conservation areas are widespread across London, so a new extractor vent on a front wall may need permission, and leaseholders usually need the freeholder's written consent first.
Tips before you start
- Before choosing a hood for your Tooting kitchen, find the nearest outside wall to the hob, because the shorter the duct run, the better the extraction.
- If you live in a flat in Greater London, ask the freeholder, factor or managing agent about outside vents before you buy a ducted hood.
- If your Tooting home is listed, or in a building with strict rules on outside changes, check what is allowed before any hole is cut for a duct.
- Choose ducted extraction where you can; a recirculating hood filters grease and smells but leaves the moisture from cooking in the room.
Questions about cooker hood installation in Tooting
How much does cooker hood installation cost in Tooting?
Guide prices in Tooting are about £160 to £310 including VAT for a like-for-like cooker hood swap. The final price depends on the size of the kitchen and what is moving, and is set out in an itemised written quote.
Do you work near Tooting as well?
Yes. As well as Tooting itself, we cover the rest of Greater London and nearby towns such as Streatham and Mitcham. The process is the same wherever the kitchen is.
Can a ducted cooker hood be fitted in a flat?
Often, but check consents first. A new vent through the outside wall of a flat may need planning permission and the freeholder's written consent, and some leases do not allow it at all. Where an outside vent is not possible, a recirculating hood can be fitted, with a separate extract fan or other ventilation dealing with moisture. Listed buildings may also need listed building consent.
Does a cooker hood need a hole in the wall?
A ducted hood does. The usual route is a core-drilled hole through the nearest outside wall, with rigid ducting from the hood and an external grille sealed into the wall. Where the hob is far from an outside wall, the duct can sometimes run above the wall units or through a ceiling void. A recirculating hood needs no hole, but it removes no moisture.
Why might a cooker hood need a spillage test?
Because a hood pulling air out of a room can draw fumes back down the flue of an open-flued gas appliance, such as some older boilers or gas fires. Where the kitchen, or a room open to it, has one, a Gas Safe registered engineer should carry out a spillage test with the hood running at full speed. Room-sealed boilers are not affected in the same way.
Also covering nearby towns
The same service is available a short drive from Tooting, including:
- Cooker hood installation in Streatham
- Cooker hood installation in Mitcham
- Cooker hood installation in Earlsfield
- Cooker hood installation in Wimbledon
- Cooker hood installation in Norbury
- Cooker hood installation in Morden
- Cooker hood installation across Greater London