Ceramic Hob Glass Adhesive Seal Strip This hob glass seal creates a bond between your hob and the kitchen's work surface

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If the sealing strip that is currently attached to your hob is no longer protecting it as it should, you should consider replacing it.

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The sealer is designed to repel oil and water, which can lead to extensive damage in the grout over time. In places where moisture is common, such as the kitchen or bathroom, this type of protection can reduce the amount of maintenance your grout and tiles will need after extensive use. The sealer helps repel food, grease, and mildew, as well as mold to prevent ugly stains and damage from developing. Like most grout sealers, this one is available in several container sizes, including spray bottles. Not all types of grout need to be sealed. Synthetic-based grouts, such as epoxy or urethane grouts, do not require regular sealing. However, if you want to keep your cement-based grout—the most common type—reasonably free of dirt, stains, and mold spots, you’ll need to apply a grout sealer on a regular basis.

A very common size is 600mm wide by 500mm deep. The size of the hole you will need to cut into your worktop will be smaller than the overall hob size. If sealing old grout, be sure it’s as clean as possible before resealing it. Otherwise, you’ll trap dirt and stains beneath the sealer. Any gas hob needs to be fitted into a room with adequate ventilation, just in case there is a gas leak – a very unlikely event but potentially catastrophic. If there is not a door or window to the outside in the kitchen a gas hob should not be used. While the specifics can vary, as a general rule, grout sealer is dry enough to walk on within two or three hours of application. However, it can take up to 48 hours for the sealer to cure completely, so wait a couple of days before allowing heavy traffic on your newly sealed tile floor, taking a shower or bath in a freshly sealed tub, or putting your just-sealed countertops to heavy use.

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Of course, you can also use this easy-to-apply, fast-drying grout sealer spray on existing grout. It won't change the appearance or leave haze on the surrounding tile, whether that's natural stone, ceramic or porcelain tile, or masonry. As a bonus, the product sprays on without much over-spray and requires very little cleanup. I had my gas hob fitted today. The plumber was in a hurry and didn't get it square with the worktop and the foam was all over the place. Nice soldered joints though.The clips are fitted to the underside of the hob and tightened onto the worktop to hold the hob firm. The hob should also sit on some sealing strips to keep the joint between the underside of the hob and the top of the worktop, clean and waterproof. Formulated for both interior and exterior use, you can also use this sealer to protect outdoor tiled surfaces on patios or around swimming pools. Sealing grout isn’t a one-and-done task. As a general rule, you should reseal grout that isn’t often wet—such as walls, floors, and fireplace surrounds—once per year. But for best results, you should plan on resealing grout twice per year in areas that often get wet, such as inside a shower or tub, on a kitchen counter, or behind a kitchen or bathroom sink. I can't understand your problem, if the cut out is the right size for the appliance then the information from the techies is good.

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Wet your applicator with the grout sealer, and begin wiping the liquid into the grout lines. If you are sealing both horizontal and vertical surfaces, start with the vertical tile.There are guidelines for “internal” kitchens, where a gas hob is fitted. This can occur when, for example, a conservatory has been built over the external wall, making the kitchen internal. The reason/reasons silicon should not used to set down ceramic hobs is because of the possible heat generated This is just a guess, I would think the reason they say do not use a sealant, just in case anything goes wrong with the hob and it needs to be taken out. I just fitted a ceramic hob into a new worktop, and the only sealing supplied was a very narrow adhesive foam strip. It is far smaller than the recess on the underside of the edge of the hob.