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When you say 'not allowed a hob right up to a unit' - what do you mean?
We're planning:
sink unit, bin unit, other unit, oven, other unit and then the hob sits on top of the oven.
There are no high/wall/counter top units nearby. There will be an extractor a suitable distance above. The oven is 60cm. The hob we're looking at is 59cm. Is that not allowed?
CYOA-
I thought that was more for gas hobs. Naked flames close to a wall or upright etc not being sensible. Less so for an induction hob, but did see somewhere that >50mm is still preferred. But above an oven fine I think, just not hard up against a wall/another cupboard
^pic I think is fine. if the end of the worktop was the wall and the hob was right up to it then less good
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you need 30cm from a side wall or panel, guess it’s to allow for handles to reach outside perimeter of hob and for fire safety.
I don’t think you are allowed flammable upstand behind either.that pic is fine as long as tiles/stone/ceramic/glass behind the hob
duncs
Mr_Smyth
I paid stupid money for a 30cm half width Neff induction hob (small kitchen and you are not allowed a hob right up to a unit or wall on the sides and going full width meant losing a built in under counter freezer) but it really like it and would buy a bigger one again, this model could take more juice if you had the amps and would sense the load (maybe thats marketing crap?))
the only alternative was half the price but low power and looked old fashioned (silver)
would never buy Bosch again though, the built in oven/microwave is far too noisy with vibrating fan buzz and while the main oven is fine the same model in my partners place had a faulty rotary knob on delivery and they took weeks to fix it.