Gas Hob Regulations Distance

Hi all does anyone know definite rule on safety regulations for distance between gas hob and top wall cabinets both height.

Gas hob regulations distance. The plan is to fit the single electric oven and the gas hob in top of it. Gas cooker regulations or hob oven range cooker dual fuel cookers freestanding cookers installation. Gas hobs gas hobs typically have a depth of 50cm from the front of the unit to the splash back and a height of 5cm the part of your hob that sits into the worktop with width sizes ranging from 60 90cm if you re swapping like for like for example a 4 burner hob for a new 4 burner all you need to do is measure the width of your current appliance from edge to edge. What is the minimum permitted clearance either side of a gas hob.

So i went for bespoke kitchen store when i showed him the dimension of the walls around the cooker he explained that there is a minimum legal requirement for the space around the gas hob and if i was going to fit a 60cm gas hob i will need a minimum of 100cm wall and of course 60cm out of this 100cm required will be. There s plenty at the moment but the idea is to knock a 1m wide opening through into the dining room at the side of the hob which would only leave about 100mm of worktop from the hob edge to the start of the opening. The distance between the wall units work top will be 470mm. Does anyone know what year these came into effect these seem to be that the hood should be 760mm above a gas hob and there should not be combustable materials such as wall units below this height either side of the hood unless they are 50mm off the sides of the hob.

With electric hobs you should leave a minimum 660mm between hob and hood whilst a gas hob requires 760mm and you should also leave a minimum 50mm between the back of the hob and the wall. If asked to replace kitchen wall units over a hob i am told that you need to observe new regulations regarding gas installations. All work carried out by any user of this document on any caesarstone slab must be done in accordance with all laws and regulations relating to that work and the slab and including but. Distance between the hole and the edges.

Call us on 0207 781 9249. For gas cooktops it is a requirement for a minimum 200mm gap from the. I just bought 900mm gas cooker. I aligned the wall units exactly in the same gap leaving 30mm gap width between worktop cooker.

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