Instructions for the Installer
10
2.5
Clearance above and around domestic cookers
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