Help with siting new kitchen hobs

[Tringa]

How much room do you need between two hobs?

We are going to have a new kitchen in a house that has no mains gas. Currently there is an LPG gas supply to the kitchen from the gas bottles outside and we have both an electric ceramic hob and a four ring LPG gas hob.

When replace the kitchen we would like to save a bit of space by replacing the current hobs with an electric four ring ceramic hob and a single LPG gas hob, one of those that seem to be called domino hobs.

To give us a much uninterrupted worktop space as possible we would like these two new hobs to be sited side by side.

As both obviously need to have holes cut in the worktop, is there a minimum distance they need to be apart to preserve the strength of the worktop? Or is there some way of putting them right next to each other?


Thanks



Dave

 

[Furtim]

There's a fair few images on the web of multiple domino hobs being placed side by side with no gap - a kind of pick and mix, but they are all identical dimensions (including height) so 'but' up against each other cleanly.

 

[andya700]

How much room do you need between two hobs?

We are going to have a new kitchen in a house that has no mains gas. Currently there is an LPG gas supply to the kitchen from the gas bottles outside and we have both an electric ceramic hob and a four ring LPG gas hob.

When replace the kitchen we would like to save a bit of space by replacing the current hobs with an electric four ring ceramic hob and a single LPG gas hob, one of those that seem to be called domino hobs.

To give us a much uninterrupted worktop space as possible we would like these two new hobs to be sited side by side.

As both obviously need to have holes cut in the worktop, is there a minimum distance they need to be apart to preserve the strength of the worktop? Or is there some way of putting them right next to each other?


Thanks



Dave

Dave, is your ceramic hob going to be set in the worktop over a 60CM unit, which is quite normal, because if it is then the unit walls will be supporting the worktop from below, meaning that you can site the other hob in the worktop above the next unit. Our hob is a 71CM AEG unit which fits above the oven unit carcass and overlaps to the next unit. It is shallow enough not to compromise the strength of any of the units, thus preserving the rigidity of the worktop.

https://www.johnlewis.com/aeg-hk764..._oL_giL2GDN1WFTQIWsaAr0eEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[arclight]

If you look up the hob(s) you want the fitting instructions will detail the rerquired clearances.

I seem to recall that there are restrictions on the type of surface that can be used. (granite, stone etc.)

https://talk.electricianforum.co.uk/forum/40-whitegoods-help-amp-advice-forum-white-goods/ ................ that is a good forum to get answer to your questions

 

[Tringa]

Thanks for the replies all.

The unit we were going to have was 100cm but I can see a smaller unit would give more rigidity, thanks.

Dave

 

[tijuana taxi]

My late ma had LPG bottles, changed over to one of the tanks in the garden.
Much more economical and capacity was better especially for winter, her central heating was gas too