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LOCATION
The cooker has been registered as a “Class X”
appliance according to Fire Risk Regulations.
Any adjacent cabinets or walls must not exceed
the cooker’s height.
The cooker may be located in a kitchen, a
kitchen/diner or bed sitting room, but not in a
bathroom, shower room or garage.
The minimum distance combustible material can
be fitted above the cooker in line with the edges
of the cooker is 660mm (see fig.20).
L.P.G. cookers or ovens MUST NOT be
installed below ground level, i.e. in a
basement, or aboard any boat, yacht or
other vessel.
The cooking appliance must be fitted
with a stability chain firmly secured to
the wall (see fig 21).
Ventilation
The room containing the cooker should have an
air supply in accordance with B.S. 5440: Part 2:
Current Editions.
The following requirements for ventilation must
be met.
The cooker should not be installed in a bed
sitting room with a volume of less than 20m
3
, if it
is installed in a room of volume less 5m
3
an air
vent of effective area of 110cm
2
is required; if it is
installed in a room of volume between 5m
3
and
10m
3
, an air vent of effective area 50cm
2
is
required, while if the volume exceeds 11m
3
no air
vent is required. However, if the room has a door,
which opens directly to the outside, no air vent is
required even when the volume is between 5m
3
and 11m
3
.
If there are other fuel burning appliances in the
same room, B.S. 5440: Part. 2: Current Editions
should be consulted to determine the requisite air
vent requirements.
610 mm
150 mm
66
0 mm
10
5
55
35
25
50
40
30
20
45
15
250
200
150
100
50
PARKINSON
COWAN
fig. 20
Stability
chain
Stability
hook
Chain to be as
short as
practicable
Firmly fix
chain to rear
of cooker
fig. 21