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Sealing Around A Hob


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My mates kitchen. Following on from his knocking the hole in the ceramic hob. He's getting there!

 

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His induction hob (like mine tbh) simply sits with a foam rubber gasket between the underside and the worktop.

 

Should it also then be siliconed?

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7 minutes ago, cherryfountain said:

Follow the manufacturers fitting instructions.They normally just use the foam strip and clips so the hob can be easily removed at a later date .

Also the ventilation is critical on these hobs , follow the instructions or the warranty will be void.

 

The manufacturers likely won't say to silicon the edge. AFAIC it's a belt and braces to stop debris getting in there. If it's anything like the strip on my induction hob then there's no air flow route through there anyway. 

 

I went a bit ott with mine and routed the top strip to get some air flow through there figuring there's a nominal gap above the doors when they're on:

 

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I don't like to silicone a hob down, your might never get it out in one piece.  but I DO seal the cut edges of the hole in thew worktop so if any water does get through it won't bugger it.

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13 minutes ago, ProDave said:

I don't like to silicone a hob down, your might never get it out in one piece.  but I DO seal the cut edges of the hole in thew worktop so if any water does get through it won't bugger it.

 

I neat PVA'd my hole... 

 

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My foam strip is so close to the edge of the glass I really can't see that a small bead of generic silicon would stick the hob down so much that a deft whip around the edge with a blade wouldn't free it.

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