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Clearance Requirements for domestic Gas cooking appliances

Insufficient clearance is a common non-compliance issue we come across at rental properties.

Jason Bright

Updated 5 April 2026
Insufficient clearance is a common non-compliance issue we come across at rental properties.
Where clearances are not specified by the manufacturer, our workflows are designed to follow the following requirements mentioned in Energy Safe Victoria's Gas Information Sheet No. 25.
Australian and New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 5601.1: 2013 Gas installations explain that the required clearance distance between a gas cooking appliance and a combustible surface shall be in accordance with the cooking appliance manufacturer’s instruction. Where clearances are not specified by the manufacturer, then clearance distances shall be as described in AS/NZS 5601: 2013.

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