You need 6" of space between the edge of the stove and the cabinet.

I can move it over as far as I can but it won't be 6 inches. tile is a nice idea, I could probably do that or some kind of stainless steel? like a sheet of stainless? anything kind of decorative?

I can't speak with any more authority than I already have. You might want to find out what the local code is in this regard.

What I do know is that stainless steel could be used in a sheet but they also make ss tiles that can form something pattern-like if that suits better. I am sure there are others who can weigh in with other protective possibilities.

While metal itself is fireproof, it also conducts heat very very well.

cateyanne:

You can't turn a combustable wall (your cabinet) into a noncombustible wall with tile. This isn't my opinion, it's the opinion of the National Fire Protection Association, whose recommendations are usually part of local building codes.

In the same way you wouldn't leave arcing exposed wires in your kitchen, you can't install a cabinet right next to your stove. Someone could die.

"You can't turn a combustable wall (your cabinet) into a noncombustible wall with tile."

Why are tile backsplashes okay behind a stove? Is it different when the wall is to the side of the burners?

Dywall, while technically combustible because of the paper coating, is in practice pretty non combustible material because it's mostly gypsum. You can put a welding torch to it, and it might char the paper covering, but it doesn't really burn. Cover that paper with tile or steel, and that's a cinch to comply.

This is why space is required between a combustible wall and a heat generating appliance. It is a fire hazard. Placing tile over drywall does not turn wood studs into steel studs.

"Why are tile backsplashes okay behind a stove? Is it different when the wall is to the side of the burners?"

Tile on a backsplash behind a cooktop/range is decorative, not heat preventive, in nature. You can put cardboard back there as long as its as far from the cooktop/range as the manufacturer specifies.

Apparently manufacturers want more clearance at sides than in back.

Can you post a picture of your area? How far away can you get the cabinet from the range? We might be able to brainstorm another solution if you can provide more information.

Maybe a stainless steel heat guard panel mounted on noncombustible spacers? That would create a chimney effect behind the metal, carrying heat away.

I have moved everything as far as possible and have 5 inches between the stove top and the wood cabinet. I believe more clearance next to a stove would be required than behind, that makes sense. My mother said years ago, they had a cabinet near a stove and it had a thin board that hung on the side of it made of asbestos to deflect the heat. She said they were fairly common, she also cooked with an asbestos pad under pots and pans (I remember those) geez, I'm sure they don't make those anymore! I wonder if there is something like it but less "cancerous?" Thanks for trying to help

In the DC area, lots and lots of apartments have the range smack against a sidewall.

Pictures, please.

I've had a stove next to a cabinet in my house for the past 34 years, both my old kitchen and my new one. Slide- in stoves are smack up against a cabinet. Are we talking about the same thing?

" you can't install a cabinet right next to your stove. Someone could die."

Thats statement has no creditability whatsoever, since ovens are designed to be positioned next to wall cabinets, gas and electric ranges and cook tops are literally installed into base cabinets. If you can't install a oven next to a cabinet then 99% of the ovens out there are installed wrong? What are ovens supposed to be free standing all by themselves? talk about stupid. What about wall ovens they are installed in wall cabinets? Someone could die? They only make wall ovens to go into wall cabinets.. Wall oven, slide in range, oven etc.. Where are they supposed to go?

Ovens next to refrigerators are recommended to install heat shields only to prevent the refrigerator from warming up enough to reduce the efficiency of them by preventing them from constantly trying to overcome the additional heat.

You didn’t understand the posts.

I fully understood the posts, I was strictly commenting on not putting an oven next to cabinets...

"The problem is, it fits very close to my appliances. it makes for a nice look but I am concerned about the heat and the close proximity of the cabinet. there is no other way to configure these items and I was wondering if there is a way to "protect" the cabinet from heat damage that may occur over time."

What exactly didn't I understand when my comments were directly related to the initial post of protecting cabinets from heat????? What didn't I understand based on someone asking how to protect cabinets from heat? And you are correct placing sheetmetal directly on the cabinet surface would transfer heat just as the side of the oven, to properly protect you NEED an air space between the sheetmetal and the cabinet as air is a great insulator and without it the sheetmetal is something else that just gets hot and transfers heat.

Cabinets in this instance refers to tall cabinets, made out of wood, adjacent to a heat source, and violating the required fire clearances. That’s it. None of the things you dredged up an 4 year old post to comment about. It’s bad forum etiquette to resurrect dead posts. It’s even worse etiquette to zombify and add nothing substantive.

Ranges:

• Electric ranges require 0" side wall spacing above counter height, but up to 6" is recommended to avoid possible heat damage. Please review specific model installation instructions for required dimensions.
• Gas ranges require 1"- 6"side wall spacing above the counter height for proper combustion. Please review specific model installation instructions for required dimensions.
• 30 inches between the cooktop and bottom of the cabinet above.
• 0 inches for sides below the cooktop.