Kitchen Worktop - Fitting

maydin

Hi Everyone, I have recently purchased a compact laminate worktop from House of Worktops, however I have been having difficulty of fitting my hob on my 12.5mm thick worktop. Can someone give me tips with the fitting of the hob. Currently the hob stays slightly above my worktop around 1 cm. (single oven)

FreeBear

You need a certain amount of clearance between the top of the oven and the underside of the hob - The installation instructions for both will tell you how much space is required.

You may need to reposition the oven lower down in the housing - Often, these just rest on a shelf with either a filler panel or very shallow drawer underneath. Drop the shelf by ~25mm and fit a new filler panel may well be the only option.

maydin

If I am to drop the shelf by 25mm however, I will not be able to use the drawer which is just below the Oven

maydin

In this case I will also have to cut the side of the drawers

GDB2222

You may need to drop it by more than 25mm. What do the installation instructions say about clearances?

Gunner276

Sounds like you got the wrong worktop. Not much to suggest. Maybe get a 1cm thick piece of wood to rest the hob on?

Alderbank

No logical reason why the hob should be directly above the oven. After all with a built-in oven, as opposed to built-under, the hob is never in line with the oven.

Could you swap the oven housing base unit with an adjacent drawer-line or full height base unit?

casper_gutman

We always used to have the oven right under the hob, but don't any more. I much prefer it: we can have pan drawers under the hob, and space to put oven trays etc. down near the oven. 

sugar-walsh

casper_gutman said:

We always used to have the oven right under the hob, but don't any more. I much prefer it: we can have pan drawers under the hob, and space to put oven trays etc. down near the oven. 

I have this, my oven is higher up so easier to clean, lift things in and out. The hob is in a position that I can cook and chat to others. With spices/oils/pans etc under the hob. Much better.

Ganga

sugar-walsh said:

casper_gutman said:

We always used to have the oven right under the hob, but don't any more. I much prefer it: we can have pan drawers under the hob, and space to put oven trays etc. down near the oven. 

I have this, my oven is higher up so easier to clean, lift things in and out. The hob is in a position that I can cook and chat to others. With spices/oils/pans etc under the hob. Much better.

We also did the same as we are getting too old to bend down to lift hot things out of the oven.