Written by Caitlin
Edited on
27 January 2025
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13:10
What's the right distance between a range hood and a cooktop?
The right distance between a range hood and cooktop depends on the type of cooktop. With a gas cooktop, the range hood has to hang at least 65cm above it. With an electric cooktop, that's 55cm. But don't hang the range hood higher than 80cm above it, or the cooking fumes will escape. Read what you should keep in mind here.
Right distance gas cooktop
The minimum distance between your gas cooktop and range hood is 65cm. This is to ensure your safety because of the gas and fire. Do either come too close to your range hood? There's a change your range hood will catch fire. If you have a wok burner, you'll hold your pan over the burner sometimes. If that's the case, mount the range hood higher. You should also mount it higher if you're tall. Don't mount it higher than 80cm, because it won't extract all the cooking fumes that way.
Right distance electric cooktop
The minimum distance between your electric cooktop and your range hood is 55cm. Because you don't work with gas and flames, you can mount it a bit lower. Make sure to always check the manual to see if your model is an exception. We also recommend a maximum distance 80cm in this case. If your range hood is mounted higher than that, it probably won't extract all the cooking fumes.
What should you keep in mind?
Always measure the distance well before you mount the range hood, so you're sure that you mount it at the right height. For it to exhaust properly, both the height and the width of the product are important. It has to be wider than the cooktop. Is the range hood mounted at the right height, but won't it exhaust? Check whether the model has a high enough extraction rate. Find out how to calculate that in the article below.
Article by Caitlin
Range Hood Expert.
