Cooker Hoods

[mark]

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

Thank you

mark

[The Medway Handyman]

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.

[Roger Mills]

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.]

[mark]

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

[Arthur2]

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

Arthur

[BigWallop]

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. :-)

[BigWallop]

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

[ARWadsworth]

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