What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker hood.

Thank you

mark

mark wrote:
What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker
hood.

Depands entirely on the make & model AFAIK. Don't know if there are any
specific regs.

I've seen them with instructions stating anywhere from 40cm to 80cm. 65cm
is the most common I've come across.


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mark wrote:

What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker
hood.
Thank you

mark


Dunno, but we've been looking in kitchen showrooms recently ('cos SWMBO
wants a new kitchen!) and many of the cooker hoods we've seen are quite low.
In many cases, if I bent over to look in a saucepan on the hob, I'd be in
danger of smashing my head on the cooker hood - some of which have sharp
corners.

Incidentally, some of the hoods don't actually have a horizontal surface
over the hob, but extend upwards from nothing at the bottom at an angle of
45 degrees of so. Anyone got one of these? Do they actually work? [They are
much more attractive from a 'prevention of injury' point of view - so we're
quite attracted to them as long as they work.]
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mark wrote:
What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker
hood.

Depands entirely on the make & model AFAIK. Don't know if there are any
specific regs.

I've seen them with instructions stating anywhere from 40cm to 80cm. 65cm
is the most common I've come across.



I was thinking that if you had a gas burner on full, without anything on top
it might melt the plastic bits of the hood if too close.

mark

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What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker hood.

Thank you

mark


They can be anywhere in between "not banging your head on it" and "plenty
room to bend over the hob to clean the back of the stove". Which is
normally 6 foot 6 inches from the floor. :-)


Yes. It is surprising how many tall women go for short guys.

Arthur

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What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker hood.

Thank you

mark


They can be anywhere in between "not banging your head on it" and "plenty
room to bend over the hob to clean the back of the stove". Which is
normally 6 foot 6 inches from the floor. :-)

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What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker hood.

Thank you

mark


They can be anywhere in between "not banging your head on it" and
"plenty
room to bend over the hob to clean the back of the stove". Which is
normally 6 foot 6 inches from the floor. :-)


Yes. It is surprising how many tall women go for short guys.

Arthur


All the same when you're lying down. :-)

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What is the recommended minimum height above the hob for a cooker hood.

Thank you

mark

I am afraid that is down to the manufacturer/installation instuctions of the
cooker hood to tell you. It varies between manufacturers and also if you
have a gas or electric hob.

Typical minimum distances are 650mm for electric hobs and 750mm for gas
hobs.

Adam