Hood over window/ stove under window weird?

8 years ago

Hello Folks!

We are in the process of removing a wall in our kitchen to open it up to the dining room and create a pass through area with bar stools. The problem is, the wall we are removing houses our oven/stovetop/ microwave.

Our designer suggests relocating a stovetop and hood to the current kitchen sink area that sits below a window. We'd place the sink to the left (blue scribble) and on the back wall (the yellow area) we'd have the fridge and a wall oven with landing counters/ cabinets on either side.

I've never seen a stovetop/ hood over a window unless searching really hard. Makes me wonder if there's a reason for that. Is it weird? Hazardous? Impractical? Will there be issues with grease on the window?

We are at the point where we may not open the kitchen at all-- and as much as I love it, maybe the whole open concept thing isn't always the most practical for all intensive purposes.

Thanks in advance!

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Steven

8 years ago

Why not put the stove in an island and get an island hood?

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Steven
8 years ago
Apologies I meant to say peninsula
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Jay Muse
Original Author
8 years ago
Good suggestion, I think it was brought up, and maybe that is a better idea than the window....
Brenda Waggoner
8 years ago
Do you really need three dining areas? Breakfast area, bar stools and dining room? Can you extend your kitchen into the dining room without the bar? We recently took our bar out because we never used it and it cut our kitchen in half. Now it looks like we have a large kitchen which we don't. Our kitchen is only 12 feet wide. MHO is that a stove in front of the window would not add value to your home. Get another opinion on the layout. Good luck.
Jay Muse
Original Author
8 years ago
Great point, Brenda! We had this fantasy that our kids would be able to sit on the counter while we cook dinner for them and do their homework. Not the end of the world, but perhaps it's something we should reconsider. Especially since we'd already have this lovely nook in the bay window.
2pups4me
8 years ago
I would probably eliminate one of the eating areas and re-design from there.
mnmamax3
8 years ago
What all are you changing/removing? Are you getting all new cabinets and flooring? Is the "pass-though" a load bearing wall? I agree that a stovetop in front of a window looks odd and would have a lot of the issues you are concerned about. I was trying to figure out a way to rework this with an island or something but I am not seeing it. My thought would be if this is a true pass through window, you could put the stovetop on that counter where the stools are and have all the uppers be the same height as the vent hood. Make sure the window opening is as large as possible and has space on either side of the cooktop for passing through when it is actually being used.

The only other thought would be to put the cooktop as your designer suggests, but replace the single center window above it with two tall narrow windows on either side of the cooktop or two small horizontal windows that fit in the backsplash area (my sister has this and it looks great).
mnmamax3
8 years ago
Just be careful of putting an island horizontally between the two working areas. Remember your triangle! Removing the peninsula with the blue spot and turning that into an island facing the nook would work. Then don't bother with the pass through wall/stools. Pictures of your space is always useful for people to see what you have going on.
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1 A DESIGN, LLC
8 years ago
It is not a great idea to put the stove top and hood in front of the window especially if you want to open the window while cooking. The hood in front of the window will look very odd unless the window is short. If you really do want the stove top at the window, or you decide to install it in the peninsula, then I would suggest looking at a down draft exhaust ventilation system.
Jay Muse
Original Author
8 years ago
Mamax3,

Thanks for your input-- to clarify the bar stool area would not be a "pass-through" but an entirely open wall. (It's not load bearing)
felizlady
8 years ago
A stove under a window is not the usual choice. No curtains or window shades would be allowed because of the fire danger. The LAST place I would have a cooktop is below a window. You will be cleaning the window three times a week. A hood above the window will look strange, and not in an interesting way. A hood needs to be placed at a defined height above the cooktop to be efficient in sucking smoke and smell out of the kitchen, and the height of your window may be wrong for proper placement. (It also needs to be vented to the outside of the house through the wall or roof via the ceiling.)
Give your designer's plan a second and third thought.