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I was right and should have insisted - that thought came into my mind each time I bumped my forehead against the Fujioh suction hood. Mind you, not every time, but only when I stretched and bent closer to scrutinize a meal that was cooking on the stove.
I asked the ID to strictly adhere to the hood-to-stove distance recommended in the Fujioh instruction manual for the "correct and most effective suction" when the ID's workings showed a shorter distance. Ok lah, no problem, he crooned.
That was because the adjustment didn't cost him a cent.
See how the hood could knock into the guy?
It was a different story when I asked the countertop-to-floor distance be adjusted higher than the standard height he had indicated, so that the hood will not knock my head if I stretch nearer to the stove.
"No-lah, cannot ! Aiyoh, the carpenter will scream, coz the factory machines are set to produce standard cabinet sizes. Also, the base cabinet looks ugly if you depart from the standard dimensions!"
He also mentioned the risk of getting spluttering hot oil onto the face if the burner hob is not "low" enough while cooking a meal. Which made his case.
Maybe the problem was the Fujioh hood I had bought. Its depth is a bit more than the usual hoods you see on the market. That made the Fujioh hood jut out further from the back wall, almost in-line with the counter top depth of 23-inches.
But isn't this Fujioh's latest design, with excellent oil-vapor suction (distinct from air suction, which is not the same) verified by an external authority?
A consumer design flaw perhaps? Even if the hood rates excellent! for making your kitchen oil-and-grease-free after cooking, what good is a hood that knocks into you each time you bend over the stove?
On the other hand, what good is a hood if it sucks (pardon the pun)?
Come to think of it, there was nothing wrong with the Fujioh hood or its depth. The ID could simply make the counter top deeper to accommodate the hood depth.
Which was what I had urged all along. To no avail. Money beckons and won - a deeper worktop would eat into the ID's profit.
In my case, I was probably duped by the ID. Surely the carpenter could easily accommodate a 2-inch higher floor-to-worktop distance by adjusting the height of the cabinet "legs" or bottom support panel, keeping and not changing the drawer dimensions?
One additional inch was all I need for proper hood clearance. But two inches would be perfect.
Next time, I will ensure the worktop-to-hood distance suits me and my family members before I give the go-ahead to the carpenter for the kitchen.
I asked the ID to strictly adhere to the hood-to-stove distance recommended in the Fujioh instruction manual for the "correct and most effective suction" when the ID's workings showed a shorter distance. Ok lah, no problem, he crooned.
That was because the adjustment didn't cost him a cent.
See how the hood could knock into the guy?
It was a different story when I asked the countertop-to-floor distance be adjusted higher than the standard height he had indicated, so that the hood will not knock my head if I stretch nearer to the stove.
"No-lah, cannot ! Aiyoh, the carpenter will scream, coz the factory machines are set to produce standard cabinet sizes. Also, the base cabinet looks ugly if you depart from the standard dimensions!"
He also mentioned the risk of getting spluttering hot oil onto the face if the burner hob is not "low" enough while cooking a meal. Which made his case.
Maybe the problem was the Fujioh hood I had bought. Its depth is a bit more than the usual hoods you see on the market. That made the Fujioh hood jut out further from the back wall, almost in-line with the counter top depth of 23-inches.
But isn't this Fujioh's latest design, with excellent oil-vapor suction (distinct from air suction, which is not the same) verified by an external authority?
A consumer design flaw perhaps? Even if the hood rates excellent! for making your kitchen oil-and-grease-free after cooking, what good is a hood that knocks into you each time you bend over the stove?
On the other hand, what good is a hood if it sucks (pardon the pun)?
Come to think of it, there was nothing wrong with the Fujioh hood or its depth. The ID could simply make the counter top deeper to accommodate the hood depth.
Which was what I had urged all along. To no avail. Money beckons and won - a deeper worktop would eat into the ID's profit.
In my case, I was probably duped by the ID. Surely the carpenter could easily accommodate a 2-inch higher floor-to-worktop distance by adjusting the height of the cabinet "legs" or bottom support panel, keeping and not changing the drawer dimensions?
One additional inch was all I need for proper hood clearance. But two inches would be perfect.
Next time, I will ensure the worktop-to-hood distance suits me and my family members before I give the go-ahead to the carpenter for the kitchen.