Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Kitchen Gas cooktop Australian Standards with Glass wind 12Aug 29, 2022 10:44 pm The 200mm rule has been around for ages with gas cooktops but it refers to combustable materials. Tiles and Glass splashbacks are classed as non combustable, however caesarstone is a high resin product and will absorb heat rapidily and cool quickly which will cause it to crack thats why they put that info in their warranty. Same reason you would never put a hot saucepan down onto a stone benchtop without protection. Simple solution is to get the window with 6mm toughened glass which is what the Glass Splashbacks are made of but i would extend the depth behind the cooktop by running the stone benchtop into the window sill which will give you and extra 100mm approx without spacing your cabinets off the wall. Majority of showhomes will have this same set up, look at virtual tours on their sites for how they do it. Re: Kitchen Gas cooktop Australian Standards with Glass wind 13Aug 30, 2022 7:21 am Splashers The 200mm rule has been around for ages with gas cooktops but it refers to combustable materials. Tiles and Glass splashbacks are classed as non combustable, however caesarstone is a high resin product and will absorb heat rapidily and cool quickly which will cause it to crack thats why they put that info in their warranty. Same reason you would never put a hot saucepan down onto a stone benchtop without protection. Simple solution is to get the window with 6mm toughened glass which is what the Glass Splashbacks are made of but i would extend the depth behind the cooktop by running the stone benchtop into the window sill which will give you and extra 100mm approx without spacing your cabinets off the wall. Majority of showhomes will have this same set up, look at virtual tours on their sites for how they do it. Thanks very much . Brilliant idea but my current plan has that glass window (450mm height in the mid of space between lower and upper cabinetries) just 100mm above the stone. If I bring my glass window down till the level of stone , would it be alright from aesthetics? I appreciate that as it would resolve the problem without major alterations. Re: Kitchen Gas cooktop Australian Standards with Glass wind 14Aug 30, 2022 8:53 am kumar2015 Splashers The 200mm rule has been around for ages with gas cooktops but it refers to combustable materials. Tiles and Glass splashbacks are classed as non combustable, however caesarstone is a high resin product and will absorb heat rapidily and cool quickly which will cause it to crack thats why they put that info in their warranty. Same reason you would never put a hot saucepan down onto a stone benchtop without protection. Simple solution is to get the window with 6mm toughened glass which is what the Glass Splashbacks are made of but i would extend the depth behind the cooktop by running the stone benchtop into the window sill which will give you and extra 100mm approx without spacing your cabinets off the wall. Majority of showhomes will have this same set up, look at virtual tours on their sites for how they do it. Thanks very much . Brilliant idea but my current plan has that glass window (450mm height in the mid of space between lower and upper cabinetries) just 100mm above the stone. If I bring my glass window down till the level of stone , would it be alright from aesthetics? I appreciate that as it would resolve the problem without major alterations. it could look like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ or like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Kitchen Gas cooktop Australian Standards with Glass wind 15Aug 30, 2022 9:30 am strannik kumar2015 Splashers The 200mm rule has been around for ages with gas cooktops but it refers to combustable materials. Tiles and Glass splashbacks are classed as non combustable, however caesarstone is a high resin product and will absorb heat rapidily and cool quickly which will cause it to crack thats why they put that info in their warranty. Same reason you would never put a hot saucepan down onto a stone benchtop without protection. Simple solution is to get the window with 6mm toughened glass which is what the Glass Splashbacks are made of but i would extend the depth behind the cooktop by running the stone benchtop into the window sill which will give you and extra 100mm approx without spacing your cabinets off the wall. Majority of showhomes will have this same set up, look at virtual tours on their sites for how they do it. Thanks very much . Brilliant idea but my current plan has that glass window (450mm height in the mid of space between lower and upper cabinetries) just 100mm above the stone. If I bring my glass window down till the level of stone , would it be alright from aesthetics? I appreciate that as it would resolve the problem without major alterations. it could look like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ or like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [/quote Second picture would suit me. Thanks heaps. 2 2384 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Don't think they are designed for double brick. WA has a particular way of building and unfortunately that's the way a large amount of sills are finished. 3 7049 |