How Hard is It to Install a Range Hood?

i'm not quite sure what i'm looking it but if you are just doing a swap; at most you may have to cut the pipe to fit but if the space matches, those range hoods generally come with mounts you screw in first then you just lift the range onto them so its not like you have to hold it over your head with one hand while screwing it in.

did the owners swap out their hood for something cheap when they sold the house? i'm confused.

the hood is supposed to go inside that arched panel above the range? If so, good luck with that I would recommend you get some help

so the hood will need to be installed from below, screws go thru the top of the hood shroud from underneath. There will be a template in the box. You’ll need two people

Also on the top of the hood there will be a knockout for the vent pipe and a flange that will screw to the top of the hood, center mass. I would be ready with some flex pipe and foil tape in case they don’t line up

so once you mark your mounting screw locations, set the screws about 1/2 in with plenty of screw head showing, push the hood on to the screws using the slotted holes and then drive the screws in. I’m not sure how you attach the vent flue to the flange in that situation, if you have to attach it first you’re going to have a ratfrick to deal with

look and see exactly what condition behind that panel you are dealing with

Yes there is a wall outlet next to the stove top

the hood will be wire nutted to a power supply…not plugged into an outlet. You’ll do that from underneath after you hang the hood. If there was a hood there before there should be a feed hole for the conductors

Bro the pipe in your pictures is going to your fireplace

Can you take a picture of where the venthood is supposed to be? People don't normally take a venthood with them. Maybe a refrigerator but nothing thats actually hard installed.

has this house ever been occupied?
if there’s just a hole and no vent flue at the hood location then yes you have some work to do. Call an HVAC contractor and have them come take a look

That’s a Heatilator fireplace. Look for a gas line running to the fireplace, then one running to your gas stove. If the fireplace is back to back with your gas top, they could have put a tee to split the line between the two. Find if you have any kind of vent pipe. With a gas stove, that seems very odd.