Induction Hob - flush or 'surface mount'

Chickereeeee

I see some induction hobs can be mounted so their top is flush with the worksurface, others are surface mounted, so the glass top is sat ON the worksurface.

Has anybody had experience with both? The flush ones look sleek, but I worry about fitting and replacement, should one go wrong.

silvercar

Mine sits about 3mm above the worktop. I agree that anything flush could have fitting issues or when you eventually change the hob the new one may not be the exact size.

Incidentally flush or not, they fit into a hole in the worktop, total depth is a lot more than the 3mm you see above the work top.

travis-powers

I fit a lot of kitchens and have done both, standard hob fit cutout, foil tape and fit £50.
 Flush different ballgame, cutout, mark hob allow 2mm all round for expansion and route out, this has to be perfect, silicone around edge £200, £250 if man made top.
 As for replacement standard, same size or bigger minor adjustment, flush has to be same size or worktop would need to be taken to be worked on.

Chickereeeee

travis-powers said:

I fit a lot of kitchens and have done both, standard hob fit cutout, foil tape and fit £50.
 Flush different ballgame, cutout, mark hob allow 2mm all round for expansion and route out, this has to be perfect, silicone around edge £200, £250 if man made top.
 As for replacement standard, same size or bigger minor adjustment, flush has to be same size or worktop would need to be taken to be worked on.

Sir, you are making sense.

Chickereeeee

silvercar said:

Mine sits about 3mm above the worktop. I agree that anything flush could have fitting issues or when you eventually change the hob the new one may not be the exact size.

Incidentally flush or not, they fit into a hole in the worktop, total depth is a lot more than the 3mm you see above the work top.

Quite, that's why I specified the 'glass top': I didn't know how else to say it.

The latest ones work THROUGH the worktop, so no cutout required. But too new/expensive for me, though.

DullGreyGuy

Chickereeeee said:

I see some induction hobs can be mounted so their top is flush with the worksurface, others are surface mounted, so the glass top is sat ON the worksurface.

Has anybody had experience with both? The flush ones look sleek, but I worry about fitting and replacement, should one go wrong.

Ours has lived life in both formats. Certainly top mounted is much easier to do and is as we originally had it when I replaced a slot in cooker with a drawer unit and hob. Went for top mounting because most the worktops I looked at said there wasnt enough material to support it and I didnt want to replace the whole worktop. The one company that said it would be fine do steel worktops and clearly sitting it on the metal would give it more support than just on the wooden core.

When we did another bit of the kitchen we replaced the tops and moved the hob to its new home and that time we did make it flush mounted. 

To me flush looks better, and I dont shudder each time the mrs goes to slide a pan onto the hob and bashes the edge. Thankfully it never chipped but prefer the edge not to be exposed. 

Certainly there could be a problem in the future if it breaks and needs to be replaced but with our chosen brand all the hobs that have square zones, rather than rings, are all the same size both in the current generation and the prior one so hopefully they'll stick to the sizing to make a replacement easy enough

Chickereeeee

DullGreyGuy said:

Chickereeeee said:

I see some induction hobs can be mounted so their top is flush with the worksurface, others are surface mounted, so the glass top is sat ON the worksurface.

Has anybody had experience with both? The flush ones look sleek, but I worry about fitting and replacement, should one go wrong.

Ours has lived life in both formats. Certainly top mounted is much easier to do and is as we originally had it when I replaced a slot in cooker with a drawer unit and hob. Went for top mounting because most the worktops I looked at said there wasnt enough material to support it and I didnt want to replace the whole worktop. The one company that said it would be fine do steel worktops and clearly sitting it on the metal would give it more support than just on the wooden core.

When we did another bit of the kitchen we replaced the tops and moved the hob to its new home and that time we did make it flush mounted. 

To me flush looks better, and I dont shudder each time the mrs goes to slide a pan onto the hob and bashes the edge. Thankfully it never chipped but prefer the edge not to be exposed. 

Certainly there could be a problem in the future if it breaks and needs to be replaced but with our chosen brand all the hobs that have square zones, rather than rings, are all the same size both in the current generation and the prior one so hopefully they'll stick to the sizing to make a replacement easy enough

Care to share the brand name?

DullGreyGuy

Chickereeeee said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Chickereeeee said:

I see some induction hobs can be mounted so their top is flush with the worksurface, others are surface mounted, so the glass top is sat ON the worksurface.

Has anybody had experience with both? The flush ones look sleek, but I worry about fitting and replacement, should one go wrong.

Ours has lived life in both formats. Certainly top mounted is much easier to do and is as we originally had it when I replaced a slot in cooker with a drawer unit and hob. Went for top mounting because most the worktops I looked at said there wasnt enough material to support it and I didnt want to replace the whole worktop. The one company that said it would be fine do steel worktops and clearly sitting it on the metal would give it more support than just on the wooden core.

When we did another bit of the kitchen we replaced the tops and moved the hob to its new home and that time we did make it flush mounted. 

To me flush looks better, and I dont shudder each time the mrs goes to slide a pan onto the hob and bashes the edge. Thankfully it never chipped but prefer the edge not to be exposed. 

Certainly there could be a problem in the future if it breaks and needs to be replaced but with our chosen brand all the hobs that have square zones, rather than rings, are all the same size both in the current generation and the prior one so hopefully they'll stick to the sizing to make a replacement easy enough

Care to share the brand name?

Ours is Miele