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feeny Usually the hood itself (i.e. the functioning part inside) comes with specs that suggest minimum and maximum installation height for optimal functioning. We chose one that could be positioned pretty high, and we installed it at the maximum height they listed, as we like open space above and around the range and we wanted the bottom of the hood to be at the same level as the top of the refrigerator frame (73") to create a consistent line on that side of the kitchen. But different makers have different specifications.

If you are unhappy with this height of hood, you can research what kind can be positioned higher, but that will involve some major modifications in the wooden decoration around the hood.

Interiors International, Inc. I think it really depends on your taste. When it comes to micro/hoods I want them even with the bottom of the cabinets. That is just a quirk of mine. My clients are not usually recipients of this OCD quirk. The picture above looks great I guess I would use that as a guide for yours.

tjr1271 Thanks for the responses. Aesthetically, it looks nice, but functionally, you bonk your head on the bottom trim when cooking and on the long points to the right and left when working on the counters and moving back and forth when cooking. We are exploring solutions to rework this. Every contractor and member of my family has impaled themselves at least once on the low points since we installed it a few weeks ago. It is too low and pointed.

feeny Just for a reference point for how far you can push the limits and how a taller one might look, here's ours (which is considerably taller than the top of my 5'7" head):