Instructions for the installer
2.2
Clearance above and around domestic appliances
Extract from AGA601
REQUIREMENTS
1
Overhead clearances – (Measurement A)
Range hoods
and exhaust fans shall be installed in accordance with the
manufacturer’s instructions. However, in no case shall the clearance
between the highest part of the
hob
of the cooking
appliance
and a
range
hood
be less than 600 mm or, for an overhead exhaust fan, 750 mm.
Any other downward facing
combustible surface
less than 600 mm
above the highest part of the
hob
shall be protected for the full width and
depth of the cooking surface area in accordance with Clause 5.12.1.2.
However, in no case shall this clearance to any surface be less than 450
mm.
2
Side clearances – (Measurements B & C)
Where B, measured from the periphery of the nearest
burner
to any
vertical
combustible surface
, is less than 200 mm, the surface shall be
protected in accordance with Clause 5.12.1.2 to a height C of not less
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