DIY How to Build a Curved Plaster Hood Vent

THE POPLAR COTTAGE

Plaster hood vents are one of those timeless but current design elements I love. So naturally I asked Garrett to build me one at the Dexter House and then the Porch House and now at the Poplar Cottage. This time around Garrett threw in some curves and this changed the construction a bit. So today Garrett’s taking us through this new process he came up with to build a curved hood vent…

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Psst: Garrett also put together a built-in hood vent tutorial at the Tacoma Converted Garage kitchen here.

Okay, so technically this hood vent (and the previous ones Garrett built) isn’t made of actual plaster, but ‘dry-wall-mud’ just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Forgive the bait and switch.

Creating the curves for this hood, was definitely more difficult than the boxy ones at Dexter and the Porch House, but still DIY-able. The key steps are all laid out in the video below…

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sconces

DIY Curved Plaster Hood Vent

Materials and Tools

vent insert (we used this one)

ducting

foil tape

1/4” lath

fiber tape

outside corner bead (for external corners)

paper joint tape (for internal corners)

dry wall compound

finish compound

Tools

mud pan

drywall knives

clamps

jigsaw

oscillating multi-tool (highly recommend this tool - it comes in really handy!)

Video

Here are a few photos of the process…

DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com

And there you have it…a curved plater hood vent! I’m pretty smitten with this thing, so let’s take a look at a few more photos of the finished product.

DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com
DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com

Oh! Did you notice the unlacquered brass sconces we installed? I was too excited to wait for paint before installing these, so they’re just temp’ed up here for now. But aren’t they lovely? Goodness I just love this stage of a renovation, when things start coming together!

DIY // how to build a curved plaster hood vent on www.thegritandpolish.com