Instructions for the installer
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 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 trivet.
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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