42-Inch Decorative Hood Shell for a Custom Wall Installation

This Omega National Signature Straight range hood is a 42-inch wide decorative wood shell designed for wall-mount installation above a cooktop. It ships with a Broan-compatible liner included, ready to pair with a separately selected ventilation unit.

Key Features

• 42-inch wide wall-mount shell suits a wide cooktop run or a design that calls for a substantial hood presence.
• Signature Straight profile delivers a clean, upright silhouette that works with traditional and transitional kitchen styles.
• Broan-compatible liner included so the critical middle piece between the shell and the ventilator is already in the box.
• Ready-to-finish alder construction accepts stain or paint after delivery so the hood can be matched to surrounding cabinetry.
• 22-7/8 inches tall and 19 inches deep for a proportioned profile over a standard residential range.
• Ventilation unit sold separately and selected to match the cooktop and room requirements.

A Hood Shell Built for the Wider Wall

At 42 inches wide, this shell is sized for a range run that goes beyond the typical 30- or 36-inch hood. It frames the cooking surface generously, leaving room to coordinate with flanking cabinetry and giving the wall a finished, intentional look. The Signature Straight design keeps the lines direct and unadorned, which suits a kitchen where the cabinetry itself carries the visual detail and the hood is meant to integrate rather than dominate. Because the Broan-compatible liner ships with the unit, the installation can move forward without sourcing that piece separately.

Alder Wood, Ready for the Finisher

The shell is built from alder, a tight-grained hardwood that takes both stain and paint evenly. Supplied ready-to-finish, it arrives without a factory-applied coating, so the shop or installer controls the final color and sheen. That flexibility makes it practical for a renovation where the cabinets are being finished or refinished at the same time, since the hood can be matched in the same finishing pass. Alder's fine grain means stain results are consistent and paint adhesion is reliable without the surface-prep complications that coarser species can introduce.

Where This Hood Fits Best

Cabinet shops and kitchen designers specifying a wide hood over a 36- to 42-inch range or cooktop will find this shell sized to cover the run without looking undersized. The ready-to-finish state suits a custom or semi-custom project where the finisher is already in the workflow. Homeowners doing a full kitchen renovation benefit from the included liner, which removes one coordination step from the ordering list. The ventilation unit should be chosen to match the cooktop's BTU output and the kitchen's ducting arrangement, and is ordered separately from this shell.

Common Questions

The Right Width, Ready to Finish

Choose this 42-inch Signature Straight shell when the project calls for a wide, wall-mount hood that matches the cabinetry in species and finish, with the liner already accounted for.