Gas Range Installation Codes?

[zuluking]

We're wanting to layout a kitchen design, but are stuck at where we want our gas range located. Is anyone aware of a building code determining the minimum distance that the edge of a gas range should be from a wall?

All my searching leads me to a CSA document which would require me to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a pdf. Ugh! And everyone we ask (kitchen designers, contractors, etc.) seems to have a different answer.

Anyway, call out to all you gas fitter / plumber types!

[First Lady]

You mean something like this: http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta....hure-Final.pdf

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by First Lady

You mean something like this: http://www.municipalaffairs.alberta....hure-Final.pdf

Just to point something out: The most important thing in that document is this line:

Please consult the appliance manufacture’s installation instructions to determine if increased clearances are required.

Laws about how products are to be used safely are almost always dependent, in some regard, upon the item in question. If the item was made to be legally sold in a jurisdiction, then anything it says about installing is often taken as more important than what the code (or law) says, because the law will often refer to that specification.

For example, the laws regarding car seat use are almost all worded "when used in accordance to the manufacturers specifications" because there is no way that laws can be written to cover every single product that comes out. However, you can easily have every product (and it's specifications for use) meet a level required by a certification body (like the CSA), for sale/use in a juristriction.

[Smartcar]

True, but just about every gas range for the residential market is marketed to be used in place of an electric range, but with a gas supply. So usually the only thing you have to worry about is the 30" clearance above the range. Nobody puts their range right against a wall, but if you do, just make sure it's covered with tile or something that is noncombustible.

[Rjcsjc62]

Generaly speaking, residential ranges need to have a minimum clearance from combustible material of 30" above, 48" in front, and 6" from back and sides.

But as mentioned above, specific ranges can be have less clearance from combustible material if it is noted on the rating plate of the specific appliance and if the appliance is CSA approved.

[Kybosh]

I think the code is up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A.

[justkidding]

Originally Posted by zuluking

We're wanting to layout a kitchen design, but are stuck at where we want our gas range located. Is anyone aware of a building code determining the minimum distance that the edge of a gas range should be from a wall?

All my searching leads me to a CSA document which would require me to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a pdf. Ugh! And everyone we ask (kitchen designers, contractors, etc.) seems to have a different answer.

Anyway, call out to all you gas fitter / plumber types!

Ranges for common household use are designed to fit into a standard 24" deep counter. Maybe I am missing something here? Are you talking about a back wall or side wall? If it is a side wall, believe me you do not want your range up against a wall. You will need counter space on either side for function.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by justkidding

Ranges for common household use are designed to fit into a standard 24" deep counter. Maybe I am missing something here? Are you talking about a back wall or side wall? If it is a side wall, believe me you do not want your range up against a wall. You will need counter space on either side for function.

agreed, just about every range in the country, gas or electric, slides into a slot with chipboard cabinets on either side and a gyproc wall behind.
The new stoves are insulated beyond all get up and dont get warm at all.