Question: not sure how to describe it, but

Cloud · 11-08-2008, 07:05 PM

is there something I can use to cover the gap between my stove and the counter so I don't drop food down there? (other than not being a klutz and a slob)

I'm thinking of a rubber strip with a spine down the middle--kind of like what you would put into two twin beds to make a single bed. Anyone know what I mean?

I suppose I could fashion something from tinfoil, but it would be pretty ugly.

Anyone have any ideas?

Aliantha · 11-08-2008, 07:22 PM

I don't know, but if you find out can you let me know. lol

DanaC · 11-08-2008, 07:24 PM

me too please :P

Sundae · 11-08-2008, 07:29 PM

All I now is that if you have a gas stove in the UK, you have to have a mandatory gap between the oven and the nearest counter. I've lived in two rented properties where it has been measured as part of the annual gas checks.

So the answer might be no... But I'm sure if it's an electric hob then there must be an answer out there.

DanaC · 11-08-2008, 07:31 PM

Oh. That's supposed to be there? Well that buggers up my plan of purchasing a piece of wood to plug the gap...

busterb · 11-08-2008, 08:00 PM

They make something for that, damnifino name.

SquidGirl · 11-08-2008, 08:41 PM

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/h...gap-cover.html

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/h...-covers-2.html

I just googled "bridge counter stove"

Cloud · 11-08-2008, 08:47 PM

wow! perfect!

I wasn't even sure enough how to describe it to Google it.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-08-2008, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

All I now is that if you have a gas stove in the UK, you have to have a mandatory gap between the oven and the nearest counter.

At first I thought the gap would be to keep explosive gas from getting trapped, but then I remembered that gas is heavier than air.
That was probably written into the code to prevent the cabinets from catching fire, before they had the technology to build zero-clearance stoves. That was a problem with the early self cleaning electrics too. Of course now that they can build them, the government can't assume everyone has one, so the law will go unchanged for many years.

What Cloud needs is a very, very skinny dog.

Cloud · 11-09-2008, 04:04 AM

ordered it (the silicone one) so I'll let you know how it works; also ordered an outdoor chaise for my porch. yay!

thanks, Squidgirl!

Pico and ME · 11-09-2008, 08:13 AM

I got mine at Lowes.

Flint · 11-09-2008, 09:05 AM

Duct tape.

Cloud · 11-09-2008, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

I got mine at Lowes.

shit, I'd wander around for 2 hours in there and never be able to find it (assuming they stocked it) and leave without buying anything. hate those places!

Cicero · 11-09-2008, 05:36 PM

I thought if I dropped stuff between there, that it magically disappeared forever. huh.

Cloud · 11-09-2008, 08:57 PM

the brownies would pick it up?

11-08-2008, 07:05 PM	#1
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11-08-2008, 08:47 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	wow! perfect! I wasn't even sure enough how to describe it to Google it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-09-2008, 04:04 AM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ordered it (the silicone one) so I'll let you know how it works; also ordered an outdoor chaise for my porch. yay! thanks, Squidgirl! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

11-08-2008, 07:24 PM	#3
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	me too please :P

11-08-2008, 07:29 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	All I now is that if you have a gas stove in the UK, you have to have a mandatory gap between the oven and the nearest counter. I've lived in two rented properties where it has been measured as part of the annual gas checks. So the answer might be no... But I'm sure if it's an electric hob then there must be an answer out there.

11-08-2008, 07:31 PM	#5
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Oh. That's supposed to be there? Well that buggers up my plan of purchasing a piece of wood to plug the gap...

11-08-2008, 08:41 PM	#7
SquidGirl Colloquialist Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cavern in Mount Pleasant, MI Posts: 79	http://www.improvementscatalog.com/h...gap-cover.html http://www.improvementscatalog.com/h...-covers-2.html I just googled "bridge counter stove"

11-09-2008, 08:13 AM	#11
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I got mine at Lowes.

11-09-2008, 09:05 AM	#12
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11-09-2008, 05:36 PM	#14
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11-09-2008, 08:57 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the brownies would pick it up? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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