5 clearance above and around domestic cookers, Instructions for the installer – Smeg Freestanding Cooker CSA150X-6 User Manual

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Instructions for the Installer

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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

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