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Instructions for the Installer
8.2 Clearance 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 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.