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How much space between range hood and cabinet?

7 years ago

I have the option of having either 4" or 7" on each Side of my hood. We are going with a chimney style hood so around the chimney itself will be much more. I'd love to see some pics of your chimney style hoods w info on space between the widest part and cabinet. Thanks!

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badgergal
7 years ago
I have 6" of space between the widest part of my hood and the cabinet on either side of it. I didn't give much thought to how many inches would be best. I just knew I wanted some space between the cabinet and the hood. In retrospect I wish I had just done 4" because then I could have made the two narrow cabinets on each side 2" wider. I think 4 inches of space would have been fine. Some people will say that you need more space or the sides of your cabinets might get some grease on them. My kitchen is almost 5 years old now and there has not been one bit of grease ever on the cabinets by the hood. Here's how 6" of space looks with my hood.

And here is a link to previous discussions about spacing between cabinets and hoods. Space next to hood
cand1781
Original Author
7 years ago
Thanks badger girl. You've given me a lot of advice these last few weeks. I thought about the grease issue as well but we are putting a 42" hood over a 36" range, plus the 4 on each side, so I think it should be fine.
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My hood is a 36" over a 36" cooktop so it's contrary to what the pros her recommend but honestly my hood works so well it's not an issue. I think you definitely will be fine with only 4" of space.

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