Hood help for small kitchen with 8 foot ceilings
byst
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Comments (2)A centered ceiling mounted decorative light may not provide enough lighting. There are other options such as cove lighting, lighting strips embedded in the crown molding, sconces, floor lamps,......See More8 foot ceilings...no wood hood?! ouch!
Comments (17)The spec for the Wolf DF range states that any combustible material must be at least 36" above the cooking surface. With a 96" ceiling, and allowing for crown, your hood can be no taller than 21". You can do it as long as you follow the manufacturer's specs. You don't need to go to 60". So, as long as you can accomplish the aesthetics you desire in a wood hood 48" wide x 21" high, you are fine! As others have said, it has nothing to do with code - although I can't pretend to know every local code. As a salesperson, I have called dozens of town building depts as well as three state building depts to ask about this particular "code". Every single time I could get an answer on this issue I was told that, in at least the municipalities I have spoken to, they default to the manufacturer's specs....See Moreplease help small kitchen 10 foot ceilings
Comments (13)Amy-- Unfortuntately the idea of bringing down our ceiling does not work due to architectural constriants we have (stairs going upstairs run thru our kitchen) we can't lower the ceiling or soffit at all. When I get home, I will post some pictures of our kitchen as it is now "before" so you can see the size & layout constraints. Florantha, Cpartist, Sabjimata thanks for your posts & opinions as well. Yes, I agree & really like the stacked look & my kitchen can handle stacked, but question will be how high to stack & whether going to ceiling will overwhelm my space or not. If they were 9 feet it would be no question....See MoreSmall cove molding on 8 foot floor to ceiling cabinets?
Comments (2)Forgot to mention the cabinets are shaker style and white. Any comments will be greatly appreciated!...See Morebyst
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