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If eye level I can understand using a built in oven, if under the hob, then why not use a stand alone cooker with all the added benefits it brings? OK I can see how a domino hob only uses 300 mm width rather than 500 mm for a stand alone. I think there are one or two at 450 mm, but most are 600 mm but still a really good range of 500 mm wide.
My stand alone cooker is slightly lower than the work top, if a pan boils over, then the liquid is retained on the hob where it can be cleaned up without getting any items on the work top wet, mothers is about 10 mm proud of the work top, spills soak anything on the work top and if the pan is moved it can end up rocking on the lip, actually today even worse the hob is about 3 inches above work top level as the stupid domino halogen hob is so slow it's next to useless and I have a single induction hob sitting on top of the old halogen hob which is now isolated so can't in error be switched on and damage the induction hob. The extra 3" also means the pan is at a better height as the whole work top was set low for wheel chair use.
So yes another good reason for separate hob and oven so hob can be set low for wheel chair user. It states on hot plate instructions:- "If there is oven under the hob, it is not
necessary to place partition." so clearly designed so an oven can be under it. "Gorenje" make. The one it replaced had stricter instructions 55 mm minimum clearance to anything underneath it,
It continues with detailed instructions of where it needs venting with a hole 180 cm² (Thought we were suppose to work in mm? cm is not an ISO unit) this one made by Beko. I am sure other manufacturers will have other instructions, this one does give good diagrams as to what is required.
Sorry for size of picture, the cut and paste it auto did it at this size. The hob was ripped out because of two problems, one was mother had an old pace maker and it seems it was not to ISO standard so could be affected by the hob, and two in a wheel chair you can't see the touch controls so she simply could not control it, the replacement had knobs, far better.
My stand alone cooker is slightly lower than the work top, if a pan boils over, then the liquid is retained on the hob where it can be cleaned up without getting any items on the work top wet, mothers is about 10 mm proud of the work top, spills soak anything on the work top and if the pan is moved it can end up rocking on the lip, actually today even worse the hob is about 3 inches above work top level as the stupid domino halogen hob is so slow it's next to useless and I have a single induction hob sitting on top of the old halogen hob which is now isolated so can't in error be switched on and damage the induction hob. The extra 3" also means the pan is at a better height as the whole work top was set low for wheel chair use.
So yes another good reason for separate hob and oven so hob can be set low for wheel chair user. It states on hot plate instructions:- "If there is oven under the hob, it is not
necessary to place partition." so clearly designed so an oven can be under it. "Gorenje" make. The one it replaced had stricter instructions 55 mm minimum clearance to anything underneath it,
It continues with detailed instructions of where it needs venting with a hole 180 cm² (Thought we were suppose to work in mm? cm is not an ISO unit) this one made by Beko. I am sure other manufacturers will have other instructions, this one does give good diagrams as to what is required.
Sorry for size of picture, the cut and paste it auto did it at this size. The hob was ripped out because of two problems, one was mother had an old pace maker and it seems it was not to ISO standard so could be affected by the hob, and two in a wheel chair you can't see the touch controls so she simply could not control it, the replacement had knobs, far better.