First Class Hood Fan Height Above Gas Stove
Typically vent hoods will extend at least halfway past your range and some may reach up to its edge.
Hood fan height above gas stove. Energy Star-rated French door refrigerator with interior water dispenser High temperature ultra-quiet dishwasher. I would go no higher however. It is less than 28 inches it may damage the kitchen while if it is more than 36 inches your hood cannot pass air away from the stove effectively.
Each hood has its own recommended installation height range anywhere from 18 to 30 inches above the cooktop. Also in an ideal situation the hood should be 6 wider than the size of the cooktoprange for maximum efficiency. Thats all well and good except the decorative wooden box where the fan is supposed to.
Thats why the range hood can hang higher than with an electric cooktop. With both of these provisos and the right ceiling height I have no problem going as high as 36 above the cooking surface. Please review specific model installation instructions for required dimensions.
Here are some guidelines to follow when you have a gas cooking product. That is from the cooking surface to the bottom of the range hood. A different kind of range hood for professional gas cooking ranges is the vent hood insertliner.
Remember every range hood should be installed 28 to 36 inches away from the gas stovetop. However if it is being placed above a gas range the distance should roughly be between 25 to 30 unless specified differently. Thats useful if youre going to wok for example.
However you dont want the hood to be too low or it will get in the way so 24 inches above the cooking surface is the recommended distance. For the professional gas cooking ranges the most common range hood is the 18 canopy wall hood. So my in-laws paid to have their kitchen re-done and the company built a wooden enclosure for the Fan that goes above the gas range to match the rest of their cabinets.