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Would a wood hood look okay over a 30 inch gas range?

8 years ago

I was wondering whether a wood hood would look okay over a small range? Usually you see wood hoods over the large ranges. It would be a 36 inch hood over a 30 inch range. Thanks.

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beth09

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I have seen plenty of pics in my searching that had a hood over 30 in. And that is what I will have. From everything I've read, and to echo rebunky, a 30 in. hood will suffice, but it is recommended to do 3 extra in. on each side for better capture.

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Nothing Left to Say
8 years ago
feel like I see a wood hood over a thirty inch range or cooktop pretty often--I think the pictures below are that combination? The 36 hood over 30 inch range/cooktop is often recommended here, but I have seldom seen pictures of it so it might be a little harder to find visuals of that set up. (Or maybe I am unobservant.)

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rebunky
8 years ago
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I think it looks fine. At least, I hope it does! I have a 36" wood hood over a 30" ge cafe range. :-)

I think the key is it needs to be at least 6" bigger then the range or cooktop, not only for aesthetics, but for the function of capture from the hood.

Just don't make the mistake I did and get one that is not deep enough. I got a $1,600 range hood on clearance (not the wood surround) for $99 at lowes. It's works very well, but I know now why it was probably a special order return....it was not deep enough. :-(
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amck2
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i think it hinges on scale - the size of the kitchen and the style of the hood. The examples crl_ posted above work well. The second shows the hood as a focal point yet it's not massive or ornate. In the third the hood blends in seamlessly with the cabs.
zwizzle1
8 years ago
I suspect that a couple of the photos above are 36" ranges with 36" hoods. That said, I think a 36" wood hood over a 30" range would work as long as the the profile isn't too deep and overwhelming per amck2 above. Imagine the range in the 1st and 3d pictures above were 6 inches narrower - I think it would look fine.
live_wire_oak
8 years ago
Most of those pictured violate fire codes and were probably not inspected. Be sure your design doesn't put your safety in jeopardy .

No part of anything combustible can be closer than 30" above the range. Wood is darn combustible, especially in a grease fire.

Practically speaking, that means that a wood hood must be wider than the cooking surface that it covers. The insert should be deeper as well, or else everything raised to that 30"" above the cooking surface. You don't have that issue with a non combustible surface, like a stainless hood.
nancyjwb
8 years ago
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I thought I had just the picture, but alas, it appears to be a 36" range with 42" hood too! But I don't think it would look too different if it was 6" narrower. The key is in the scale as was mentioned above by amck. If your kitchen is large and ornate, a 30" range will look out of scale no matter the range hood style.

I have an idea book of wood hoods and this first picture is my favorite! It seems to fit in well.

Here are a few more that are above 30" ranges, but I can't tell for sure what the hood size is. Looks to be only 30" on these last two.
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Ceiling height seems to be another piece of the puzzle of getting it to look right. Too short and the hood has to jut out too abruptly to reach the proper depth above your range. (If I remember right, you have nice high ceilings?!) Probably the only way to be sure you won't be surprised by the end product is to mock it up with cardboard shaped and colored like your cabinets will be. Then you can experiment with scale and slope, etc.

(Can you tell I have researched this subject for exactly the same reason:))
mommytofive
Original Author
8 years ago
thanks for all the input. And yes, my kitchen has 10 foot ceilings. I would not say my kitchen will be very ornate, but I will have a massive all fridge and all freezer on a separate wall in the kitchen. Having 7 kids I probably should just get the 36 inch range, but I love the price of the 30 inch capital precision range. Still thinking about what to do. My husband really wants a wood hood so I wanted to make sure it would look okay whether I chose a 30 or 36 inch range.

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