Soffit/ tray ceiling and range hood

6 years ago

last modified: 6 years ago

Hello Houzzers!

We are about to start kitchen refresh.
We had originally wanted to put a chimney exhaust hood here ( this is an outside wall).

Today it dawned on me that with the style of the ceiling we might not be able to?

There is nothing inside the ‘soffit’ above the range.

It is enclosed all the way around the ceiling, more like a tray than a typical soffit.

So... am I stuck with under cabinet hood? ( not the one there now)

Would I be able to do a short pipe or would it look silly?

Thanks!

We plan on discussing this with our kitchen people this week, but I really appreciate the ideas shared here 😊.

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Comments (3)

kaseki
6 years ago
I would think you could replace the tiny cabinet and hood with a larger bodied hood. The duct could get outside horizontally from the hood body (for hoods so designed), or could go into the soffit and thence outside via a 90-degree bend, or could go vertically through the soffit to the roof, depending what is above the ceiling.
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Original Author
6 years ago
Would it be attached to the sides of the side cabinets or the soffit?
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kaseki
6 years ago
I would expect (only having an island hood) that it would be attached to the wall (wall studs say) or to whatever structure was necessary to bring the load to the ceiling joists. I wouldn't hang it from the soffit unless the soffit is well supported beyond the level needed just for the sheetrock.

I suggest choosing nominal candidate hoods and downloading their installation directions.