Smeg PX 140 A, Instruction Manual

Instructions for the Installer

10 

5.1

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 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.