User Manual

FIGURE 2.

Clearance above and around domestic cookers

Extract

from AS5601

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

600mm or, for an overhead exhaust fan, 650mm.

Any other downward facing combustible surface less than 600mm 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 450mm.