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14.5 Clearance above and around domestic cookers
Extract from AS5601
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 surfac
e,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 than
150 mm
above the
hob
for the full dimension (width or depth) of the cooking surface
area. Where the cooking
appliance
is fitted with a ‘splashback’, protection of the rear wall is not
required.
3 Additional requirements for Freestanding and Elevated Cooking Appliaces – (Measurements
D
&
E
)
Where
D
, the distance from the periphery of the nearest
burner
to a horizontal
combustible surface
is
less than
200 mm
,then
E
shall be
10 mm
or more, or the horizontal surface shall be above the
trive
t.
See insets above.
NOTES
1 Requirement 3 does not apply to a freestanding or elevated cooking appliance which is designed
to prevent flames or the cooking vessels from extending beyond the periphery of the appliance.
2 The ‘cooking surface area’ is defined as that part of the appliance where cooking normally takes
place and does not include those parts of the appliance containing control knobs.
3 For definition of hob, see Clause 1.4.64.
4 For definition of trivet, see Clause 1.4.109.
5 Consideration is to be given to window treatments when located near cooking appliances. See
Clause 5.3.4.
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