Wall Hood - help with short ceiling/soffit!

15 years ago

Hi there! We are remodeling our kitchen and need to install a wall hood over our gas cooktop, but the cooktop is located on a wall with a bulkhead or soffit at the top making the wall height only 7 feet (84"). with the height of the cooktop and the minimum distance required between it and the hood being 24" (though I've seen specs saying more) that leaves us 24" tops for the wall hood.

We really want to use a stainless steel wall mount canopy (not mounted under or between cabinets) and would love one with a chimney like this:

http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/product/KXW2330YSS/

We don't have the height needed for any of the chimney style hoods I've found.

We do have the clearance for a wall mount hood without a chimney, like this:

http://www.kitchenaid.com/flash.cmd?/#/product/KXW8730YSS/

But the top of the hood 1s only 12" deep and my bulkhead is 18" deep and I'm worried that will look bad.

Does anyone have pictures or suggestions of what to do under a low overhang like my bulkhead? Do you think the fact that the top of the hood will nestle in under the bulkhead overhang will look bad?

Thanks in adavance!!

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springlering
15 years ago
I think we had a similar problem. We ended up having a range hood custom made by RangeCraft when nothing else seemed to suit the bill. They were wonderful to work with, and they sent it crated so well that I was darn well tempted to turn the crate into a piece of furniture.

We've had it for three years or so now, and I am still very pleased with it.

I thought the price was quite reasonable, too.

There is a photo of it at the very bottom of this link:

Here is a link that might be useful: my kitchen
Stacey Collins
15 years ago
My friend has this same situation. Her solution (no built yet though) is to get a hod that's about 12" tall, that vents straight out the back through the wall, and mount it the appropriate height above the cooktop. This leaves about 10-12" above, between the top of the hood and the soffit. She is doing open shelving on that wall, so she's just going to run one of the shelves right across the top of the hood.

Kind of like this, except without the doors on the top "shelf"
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kireland
Original Author
15 years ago
Wow - thanks!! both of your posts/pictures were really helpful. I think I have decided to install the stainless steel hood vent we want (like the one in the photo above) - it will probably look very similar to yours springerling, with maybe just a bit more overhang of the bulkhead. If we don't like it we will try sommthing like adding a shelf or even some type of trim to make it 'fit' the soffit.
Maryluvskids
15 years ago
How did you post that picture???