Read our cookies policy. No problems. Anyone knows why the Ikea one does not open? Our drawer cuhlery has somewhat been exhausted. We use cookies to make the site easier to use.

That doesn't mean that what you want doing can't be accommodated with an Ikea kitchen but it will need a small bit of work.

The main thing you need to worry about is that the drawer will actually open under the hob and not foul it. Inany case I dislike the practicality of drawers opening directly under the hob. Leave it open, tip the pan and you have a drawer full of something warm and probably sticky!

Thats personal prefeernce though - you might be quite OK with it. The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. We don't have an IKEA kitchen, but we have fitted an IKEA drawer box that opens directly under the hob instead of the hob control panel that was originally mounted in a fixed drawer front.

The drawer box is not the full height of the front, so opens easily below our ceramic hob. Our worktops are only 28mm thick, so the hob does come a little below the underside of the worktop. I was trying to offer the poster an expnation of why it is probably like that in the showroom. Something to consider, though, is whether the draw is made from solid wood or not.

If the drawer is made from solid wood, the moisture created when cooking may cause wood movement, and this may make opening and closing the drawer an issue.

Just treat the hob as though you are installing it without a draw underneath. Make all of the adjustment and allowances for the clearances that are stated by the manufacturer and then add your drawer.

We hope this has answered all of your induction hob and drawer related questions. If you need more info about induction hobs, please explore our website further. Our drawer knowledge has somewhat been exhausted.

However, there is still plenty of awesome info about induction hobs in the rest of our articles. Electrical Safety Services. There is nothing within BS about this, so its probably more likely to be due to issues with the hole in the worktop for the hob being over the washer dryer etc. I have to admit its is a rather poor design idea and the hob would be best placed elsewhere. A Brighter Spark.

Your first point of reference is the manufacturer's instructions for the hob. If they state those restrictions, then there might be a good reason for it - possibly induced currents in the metalwork of the appliance below. There are no wiring regulations I know of that explicitly cover this case.

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