I'm installing a Candy ceramic hob in my kitchen. It came with 4 small brackets
(about 5 cm by 1 cm) and 4 screws but no instructions on what to do with them.
Are they intended to secure the hob or to support it?

"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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I'm installing a Candy ceramic hob in my kitchen. It came with 4 small
brackets
(about 5 cm by 1 cm) and 4 screws but no instructions on what to do with
them.
Are they intended to secure the hob or to support it?

Are they flat ?
Usually these go under the worktop clamping the hob down on the surface
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Vass
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'02 YZF-R1

"Vass" wrote in message
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"Bob Martin" wrote in message
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I'm installing a Candy ceramic hob in my kitchen. It came with 4 small
brackets
(about 5 cm by 1 cm) and 4 screws but no instructions on what to do with
them.
Are they intended to secure the hob or to support it?

Are they flat ?
Usually these go under the worktop clamping the hob down on the surface
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That sounds right. If you cut the hole the right size then the work surface
takes the weight and supports the hob and the brackets secure it underneath.

steeler wrote:

That sounds right. If you cut the hole the right size then the work surface
takes the weight and supports the hob and the brackets secure it underneath.

There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:32:28 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

steeler wrote:

That sounds right. If you cut the hole the right size then the work surface
takes the weight and supports the hob and the brackets secure it underneath.

There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.

More often strips of something like bluetak or plasticene, supplied
between sheets of cellophane

The message
from John Rumm contains these words:

There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.

And in my experience it's crap, too.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

in 557843 20060810 080820 Guy King wrote:
The message
from John Rumm contains these words:

There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.

Yes, there is a length of foam tape.

Thanks for all the replies, but I still don't know what to do with these little clamps
or brackets or whatever. Has anybody here actually installed a Candy hob?

They should screw in to the underside of the hob and cantilever out to clamp against the work surface. The more you tighten them the greater the clamp down!

in 557964 20060810 123651 Cordless Crazy wrote:
Bob Martin Wrote:
in 557843 20060810 080820 Guy King wrote:-
The message
from John Rumm contains these words:
-
There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go
round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.--

Yes, there is a length of foam tape.

Thanks for all the replies, but I still don't know what to do with
these little clamps
or brackets or whatever. Has anybody here actually installed a Candy
hob?


They should screw in to the underside of the hob and cantilever out to
clamp against the work surface. The more you tighten them the greater
the clamp down!

Great, yes, I see it now! Thank you very much.

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:36:51 +0100, Cordless Crazy wrote:


Bob Martin Wrote:
in 557843 20060810 080820 Guy King wrote:-
The message
from John Rumm contains these words:
-
There is sometimes a reel of foam tape also that is designed to go
round
the perimiter of the underside of the hob and help seal the joint
between hob and worktop.--

Yes, there is a length of foam tape.

Thanks for all the replies, but I still don't know what to do with
these little clamps
or brackets or whatever. Has anybody here actually installed a Candy
hob?


They should screw in to the underside of the hob and cantilever out to
clamp against the work surface. The more you tighten them the greater
the clamp down!

.... and it is possible to over do them.
Also the screw heads are often philips rather than pozi.


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Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
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Choosing a Boiler FAQ http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
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