03-10-2013, 11:13 PM
You could be right on the 60mm Stretch, I did think that after been told about the translation.
I have worked with fitters and gas safe installers that follow instructions to the letter. I remember when I sold a Caple downdraft extractor and their was an issue with the instructions with the required clearance behind the hob. I had to get it in writing showing the new confirmation that it was okay to have tight up against the back of the hob.
I don't think that it should be our decision to make judgement on clearances. The manufacturers have their products tested to get these requirements and that is why Gas Safe say the manufacturers instructions overrule their standards.
It can work the other way. The 50mm x 460mm zone to the sides of the hob is sometimes a problem as the light pelmet and sometimes the wall unit falls below this. Some hobs including the 60cm Luce Direct Flame this dimension is 420mm. So we can have wall units up to the edge of extractors without having to leave a 50mm space which can be a problem with integrated hoods. Where I used to work, especially on makeovers, this used to cause no end of problems as following Gas Safe the fitters where cutting the pelmet returns back and lifting up wall units and also we were turning down jobs and forgetting to check or did not have access to the instructions.
It is only more recently we are able to download instruction books, as we all know, we don't always get this info in the brochures.
I have worked with fitters and gas safe installers that follow instructions to the letter. I remember when I sold a Caple downdraft extractor and their was an issue with the instructions with the required clearance behind the hob. I had to get it in writing showing the new confirmation that it was okay to have tight up against the back of the hob.
I don't think that it should be our decision to make judgement on clearances. The manufacturers have their products tested to get these requirements and that is why Gas Safe say the manufacturers instructions overrule their standards.
It can work the other way. The 50mm x 460mm zone to the sides of the hob is sometimes a problem as the light pelmet and sometimes the wall unit falls below this. Some hobs including the 60cm Luce Direct Flame this dimension is 420mm. So we can have wall units up to the edge of extractors without having to leave a 50mm space which can be a problem with integrated hoods. Where I used to work, especially on makeovers, this used to cause no end of problems as following Gas Safe the fitters where cutting the pelmet returns back and lifting up wall units and also we were turning down jobs and forgetting to check or did not have access to the instructions.
It is only more recently we are able to download instruction books, as we all know, we don't always get this info in the brochures.
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