Kitchens – code requirement for cooktop gas hookup to be in another cabinet

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The manual on my kitchen cooktop states:

If a built-in wall oven is to be installed below this cooktop, the
grounded outlet and gas supply piping must be located in an adjacent
cabinet.

Is this a US code requirement? Or just a concession that there is no space for a gas hookup in the cabinet when a wall oven is installed in a base cabinet (since they go all the way back to the wall).

I want to move the gas line to inside the toe kick area of the cabinet with the oven and cooktop, as the 5" height there is more than enough space and is accessible when the oven is removed.

Best Answer

I believe it's so that you can maintain easy access to the plug and gas valve if anything were to go wrong.

"is accessible when the oven is removed"

You don't want to have to move the oven to shut off the gas.

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