Hi
I just replaced my old electric oven, and the new oven is a bit bigger. Its fits in the recess perfectly, but the copper gas pipe that drops down from the gas hob now sits on top of the oven, whereas before it had about a 5cm clearance. It hasn't moved the pipe at all, in fact it was lucky the oven fitted, but its fits like a glove now, and the result is the copper pipe is in contact with the oven.
My question is, does it matter if the copper gas pipe gets hot? Obvioulsy only as hot as the outside of an oven can get, which im assuming isnt really hot otherwise it wouldn't be suitable for fittiing into a small space, but netherless are there any guidelines?
I've attached a picture which hopefully helps!
I just replaced my old electric oven, and the new oven is a bit bigger. Its fits in the recess perfectly, but the copper gas pipe that drops down from the gas hob now sits on top of the oven, whereas before it had about a 5cm clearance. It hasn't moved the pipe at all, in fact it was lucky the oven fitted, but its fits like a glove now, and the result is the copper pipe is in contact with the oven.
My question is, does it matter if the copper gas pipe gets hot? Obvioulsy only as hot as the outside of an oven can get, which im assuming isnt really hot otherwise it wouldn't be suitable for fittiing into a small space, but netherless are there any guidelines?
I've attached a picture which hopefully helps!