I'm upgrading my kitchen and after endless deliberating, feel that the kitchen is best laid out having the stove directly beneath a window (the window is about 8" above the stove).
I was wondering whether there are any huge reasons why i should avoid doing this.
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A few concerns:
The range hood will need to be placed above the window, possibly blocking some of your view, unless you install a downdraft vent frequently seen in cooking islands.
If you have a messy cook in the house, cleaning the grease off of the window panes and crevices will be all the more difficult on a window. And curtains or blinds are even worse.
In the winter, boiling water close to the window will result in a lot of condensation. If that runs down the window and freezes, you could be looking at some damage.
None of this says you can't do it. I doubt that the thermal changes will break the glass, but I couldn't say for sure. But all other things being equal (which you say they aren't) I would choose somewhere other than the window myself.