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Concept: a dark kitchen, an oak island with a hob facing the room, stools on the guest side, a ceiling hood

You cook. They watch.

A hob facing guests isn't a picture, it's a sum: worktop on both sides, seats at the island, air above the pot.

Concept, AI-generated. Not our work, and a hood like this isn't in our catalogue.

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2800mm
Hob
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4guests at the island

There's enough worktop: 2050 mm free beside the hob, the norm is 686 mm. You can shift the hob to leave 305 mm on one side and 381 mm on the other.

NKBA norms: 305 and 381 mm of worktop beside the hob, at least 229 mm behind it, 610 mm per guest. These are recommendations.

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Air decides everything

In an open room, volume matters less than whether the hood catches the steam above the hob. The higher it hangs and the further from a wall, the more air it needs.

  • Island, 80 cm above the hob
    350 m³/h
  • Island, 60 cm
    280 m³/h
  • Wall, 80 cm
    228 m³/h
  • Wall, 60 cm
    175 m³/h

A capture estimate from VDI 2052 for a gas hob with two 2 kW burners. It isn't a norm or the rating of any specific hood.

Concept: a wooden worktop, knives, bowls of chopped vegetables and a copper pan on a dark background
Concept, AI-generated.

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