Instructions for the installer
9
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 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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