Can anyone solve my kitchen problem?

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I am going to give the backstory so you can understand why I have this dilemma…
I had an air source heat pump fitted. This was going to mean my only need for gas in my house was the gas hob. My long term plan was to refit the kitchen and go all electric. However when the heat pump got fitted they found a gas leak and turned off my gas supply. It was going to be complicated/expensive to find the leak so I had the hob removed.
the problem is that there isn’t an electric hob which fits the gap. The worktop (not installed by me) I have been told is quartz and no one wants to cut it. I have bought a hob which will go in the space but leaves a gap around the sides. I cannot work out how to fill that as I don’t think you can readily attach anything to the quartz.
does anyone have any clever ideas before I either rip out all the worktop, or, the whole kitchen!!

How big is the gap - 85cm?

Get a joinery company to build a frame for it in a treated wood maybe

Are you sure you couldn't fit one of these in? They look like they are almost designed specifically to fit those larger gaps. (It's 77cm wide though which your gap looks wider than that to me)

https://www.myappliances.co.uk/venting-hobs

What’s the actual size of the hole?
lets see who can find you a electric hob that will fit.

Seems the standard width for an induction hob with built in extractor is 80cm (which is sometimes written as 77cm which is presumably the actual size - IIRC the hole for a 60cm wide one is about 56cm, so would fit).

90cm one here (86cm cutout) Stupid pics though

I even found a 120cm wide one, which looks very pro, but that cutout doesn't look wide enough.

There is a long electric one on Amazon - unbranded but we had the same issue! If you put the measurements in hopefully it will throw it up.

Ah I just looked to find the name but it says currently unavailable - maybe you could contact the company? https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/thermomate/page/1625B444-11A6-48C7-A7B2-35FA8414D5B1?ref_=ast_bln

Get a transition board made up which would be a square with a hole in the middle.

You could probably get a quartz worktop fitter to make that up for you from an offcut. Probably wouldn't be cheap though. Alternatively you could make up a piece out of mdf by going to a place like this :

www.woodsheets.com/mdf-sheet-cut-to-size/

Thanks for all the replies, I was in work so only just had a chance to check. You have all been so helpful! Actual cut out is 83x48cm which seems to be non standard for electric hobs.

I had a 90cm induction hob in my last house - I'm sure theres one that would roughly be the right size.

I've just had a look on ao.com and there's quite a lot that are 80cm wide which would almost be exactly right.

The actual hob is always bigger than the cut out so you probably want a 90/100cm hob - just check the specifics that the underneath bit fits in. Eg my 80 hob needed a 76mm cut out

The problem is the standard electric hob cut out front to back is generally 50cm and my cut out is 48.

Hmm yeah but they are often a bit smaller than what they advise as the size needed. However 2 full cm smaller will be tight. It might be a case of see if you can find an appliance showroom and take a tape measure with you. But I reckon there will be a fair few which state that standard 50cm but will fit into a 48cm hole.

(Fair warning I took this a bit literally and our hob is now a good 3mm raised above the countertop because DH refused to cut it any wider - it looks OK though!)

Particularly I think if you can find that Novy one it might do the trick.

This might fit https://www.samsung.com/uk/cooking-appliances/hobs/induction-hob-with-4-burners-nz84t9747vk-ur/?srsltid=AfmBOoqlTKt0WyXpaWIYBaDTNy0JIqRhlg-ynlc27ZUZz7JaJOnF5hQV

Bloody hell they aren't cheap are they.

I am getting more results searching separately for "electric hob 830mm" or "480mm" (or 83/48cm) rather than trying to include both measurements at once - it seems there are a few which are likely close enough. And it does seem that the ones with the integrated extractor thing will be the most likely to get a good fit.

From what I'm seeing, 48-49cm is a common cut out depth, even though there is a graphic which apparently a lot of companies use showing 50x56cm.

For the width I'm unclear whether it would be 83cm or 90cm to go for - it doesn't help when some are quoting the physical size of the thing, some are quoting the cupboard size it would replace, and some are using the cutout size

You might need to find a very responsive company, maybe a local independent, where they'll physically measure the models to check for you or let you do the same in their showroom.

I suppose it's probably less money than replacing the whole counter or redesigning the kitchen, at least.

If all else fails could you get a stainless steel fabricator to make a piece that fits in the hole so that the hob looks like it has a s/s frame once it's installed.

I did think of this but installer says stainless steel surround is not okay?