2 clearance above and around domestic appliances, Instructions for the installer – Smeg PA106SX User Manual

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Instructions for the installer

2.2 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 surfac

e, 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

trive