Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
3 would definitely look the coolest, but I shy away from it a because I'd have to spend a lot of money on a range/hood combo that would work in the open like that.
Really, the spendiest part of the project would be moving the back wall (like options 2 & 3). The water supply and drain for the washer is built into that wall.
Actually moving the water and drain lines are simple....baby simple really.
Hood really doesn't have to cost much and I have seen people make some very nice ones themselves out of both brass and aluminum. It's not as if it were going to be an industrial hood so a good fan, a set of screens and some handiwork to build it, then tap a hole in the side of your kitchen or up through the roof and you are done. I think technically you can vent it straight into the attic but I am not a fan of that idea at all.