We are installing a 36″ island range hood over a 4-burner electric cooktop and the stainless closeout stack between the top of the hood and the ceiling is 6 inches too short (was built for a 7 foot ceiling and we have an 8 foot ceiling). We would like to use some flat baseboard and crown molding to make up the few inches, however is there a restriction for just using wood as a wrap-around the 7 inch ducting instead of stainless or metal sheet? The stainless piece is wrapped around a wooden support structure anyway, but wanted to check to make sure it is to code.
Thanks,
Brian
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Your instructions should tell you. Never heard of any clearance issues.
That happens all the time, usually the remedy is to build a small "soffit" . This is usually just framed down from the truss or joist, drywalled, then sometimes some crown is added. I've also made them out of plywood or solid wood.
Clearance isn't an issue since the smoke and steam are not very hot...I assume you are worried about clearances because you are relating them to fireplace, furnace, and water heating exhausts.
As long as it looks good, it is good.
DC
you should be able to get a shorter piece of stainless steel (or 1 cts piece) fabricated at any metal shop, check the phone book
I did check into having a longer piece made but it is not cheap. So to make up a 6 inch gap between the bottom of the stack and the ceiling I would like to use a trim piece of flat wood about 6 inches for a base above the stack and then put crown around the top. This means that the wood trim pieces would be wrapped around the wooden frame without a metal sheet so I wanted to make sure heat effects to the wood weren't an issue. The attached shows an example of my idea but we would not have the long panels on the sides, just the small flat piece and crown at the top.