height between cooker & hood

Handiguy · Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 4:52 pm Post Subject: height between cooker & hood

please confirm the minimum distance between top of gas cooker and cooker hood -- thanks very much

masona · Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 10:47 am Post Subject:

I'm not sure if there is a minimum distance,normally they are fitted in a standard unit.The average distance are approx 800mm and also not too low for obstruction of your head.

BiGDave · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:18 pm Post Subject:

650 mm seems to ring a bell with me

ChrisR · Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:03 am Post Subject:

It's 760mm vertically from 50mm outside the hob edges, to any COMBUSTIBLE surface. Hoods aren't, of course. CHeck the cooker/hob installation instructions, which override the BS's anyway.

Richard C · Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:48 pm Post Subject:

750 – 800mm should be OK. I’ve got a SS & curved glass, twin fan extractor over a 1m wide, 7 burner cooking range; the manufacturer recommended a min of 850mm but that was really way too high for the aesthetics of the hood & the surrounding wall units so I installed it at 750mm. They tend to play it on the safe side; my range often has most of the gas burners going at once and it’s been operating for 18 months now without any problems.
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Lynda, moderator

nice advice, pity its nearly 3 years too late