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Installation
Positioning the Appliance (Fig. 1)
This appliance cannot be positioned on a
base.
The appliance cannot be installed beside or between
furniture units whose height exceeds the cooker
worktop.
Note A:
The appliance is designed to be flush fitted with 2mm
clearance at each side to allow for it to be pulled forward
for cleaning etc.
Note B:
The hotplate side trims should be flush with the cabinets
and must not be below. Adjustable levelling feet at the
front and rear are provided on the base of the appliance.
Adjustment is obtained by rotating in or out, the feet at
the front or rear of the appliance from the underside of
the appliance.
A spirit level should be placed on a cake tray on one of
the shelves to confirm that the appliance is correctly
levelled.
The levelling feet fitted to the appliance will achieve a
height to hotplate trims of 900mm-0 + 10.
Note C:
If the appliance is fitted next to a side wall or cabinets
above height of the hotplate trims, then a gap of 115
mm is required.
Curtains must not be fitted immediately behind the
cooker or within 115 mm of the sides of the cooker.
Note D:
Any wall cabinet or extractor must not be lower than
780mm above hotplate level.
Note E:
Wall cabinets may be fitted in line with the sides of the
base units, providing that the lower edge of the wall
cabinet is a minimum of 420mm above the worktop.
115
780
420
A
B
C
D
E
Fig. 1
FO 1141
Location of the appliance
This appliance must not be installed in a bed-sitting
room of volume less than 20m³
or in a bathroom, shower
room or garage. It is essential that the appliance is
positioned as stated below (see fig.1) i.e. shelves, wall
cabinets and cooker hoods must be fitted a minimum
of 787mm directly above the top of the hotplate and
400mm above the hotplate when fitted in line with the
outside of the appliance. If the units are intended to be
fitted adjacent to the appliance but less than 400mm
above the hotplate, then a minimum space of 100mm
must be maintained between the sides of the unit and
the appliance (see fig.). Curtains must not be fitted
immediately behind the appliance or within 150mm of
the sides of the hotplate. If fitted next to or between
two base units a minimum space of 1mm must be left
between each unit and the side of the appliance. The
levelling feet fitted to the appliance will achieve a
nominal height to hotplate trims of 900mm +20mm.
L.P.G. cookers MUST NOT be installed below ground
level, i.e. in a basement, or aboard any boat, yacht or
other vessel.
For appliances installed in the Republic of Ireland please
refer to NSAI- Domestic Gas Installation I.S 813 Current
Edition Section 7- Permitted Locations of Appliance.
Positioning the Cooker
Caution:
Some soft or badly fitted floor coverings can be
damaged when the cooker is moved across their
surface for cleaning. It is advisable to ensure that the
floor covering in the area below the cooker is either
securely fixed so as not to become damaged when the
cooker is moved or, if preferred, removed.