kitchen - cooker connection

[kia cat]

Hi Builder and co. The kitchen is nearly done, the extractor up and running, wall tiled and cooker fitted.

One minor snag the new cooker point - it had to be moved along the wall, cos the old cooker was too close to the sink - is a right angle one, ie it comes out from the wall and the hose fits under [hope this makes sense so far]. So the new cooker won't go in flush, to line up with the worktops.

We can live with that, but now have a gap at the back of the cooker, of about 70mm x 610mm across. Hope the pix make that clearer.
http://yfrog.com/5jimage0184vj
http://yfrog.com/m9image0185j
Any ideas for the gap at the back between the wall and the cooker? so we don't loose stuff down there? Can I get some sort tof tray made up of stainless steel [that'd match the splash back]

[The Builder]

............... wish I could get up as early as you Kia :o) .................
good pics.......... that is a bummer! First off. Gas cookers usually have a recess in the back to let them go back tight to the wall. Either this one doesn't, or the elbow is mounted in the wrong place. If so, I'd have it re-positioned.
Alternatively, if the wall is thick enough, I'd create a recess in the wall to house the elbow fitting ................ no different from an electrician letting a metal box into the wall.
Failing all that ............... somewhere near you will be a steel fabricator who could easily make up a custom shelf/closer (stainless steel) to bridge the gap.
If it were an old "cottagey" kitchen .......... a thick piece of slate with softened edges would look good ............ better than messing around with tiles etc.

[The Builder]

................ listen to the Doc , Kia ................... that's what I would do :o))))

[kia cat]

Thanks The Builder & Doc, we'll get onto that. Wise solutions, as ever. Our Gas fitter was the only Englishman in a never-ending team of Eastern Europeans.

I'll search out a fabricator and get that done, seems to be the quickest option.