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Kitchen design challenge: how to open up a wall behind a gas range

Weng Chin
3 years ago



I am in the early stages of planning a full kitchen remodel in a NYC condo, and would dearly love to open up the wall between the kitchen and dining room, and ideally build an island between the rooms. The gas pipes for the entire line of apartments run through that wall and cannot be moved, hence I cannot move the gas range to the opposite wall. Any suggestions for how to best to open up that wall? I have seen people create pillars around the pipes, but I would still need a splash back as the vent is non-ducted. Would it look weird to just retain that section of wall where the range, splash back and ventilation hood would be located? (FYI: nobody in the entire apartment block has taken down that wall, so there is no precedent).

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