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Instructions for the installer
7.2 Clearances above and around domestic appliances
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 highest burner 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.
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