How to disconnect Gas Cooker

Razor · 25 October 2007 at 10:07PM

Actually, there's an exception in the gas regs that specifically allows people to remove cooker hoses from bayonet fittings,I suspect you have had no posts by other engineers, (apologies if there have been), because they know that it is not uncommon for these fittings to weep gas, so on the one hand they don't want to encourage you to DIY them but also do not wish to be accused of profiteering.

The choice is yours!

timmyevo · 25 October 2007 at 10:18PM

i'm a corgi engineer. you can remove the fitting, its not rocket surgery! all you should do though is check for gas weeping, to do this, mix washing up liquid with water to make a soupy solution, wipe this solution over the fitting to check for leaks.

MissG_2 · 25 October 2007 at 10:40PM

timmyevo wrote: »

i'm a corgi engineer. you can remove the fitting, its not rocket surgery! all you should do though is check for gas weeping, to do this, mix washing up liquid with water to make a soupy solution, wipe this solution over the fitting to check for leaks.

Isn't washing up liquid a corrosive to copper???

Canucklehead · 26 October 2007 at 9:24AM

timmyevo wrote: »

i'm a corgi engineer. you can remove the fitting, its not rocket surgery! all you should do though is check for gas weeping, to do this, mix washing up liquid with water to make a soupy solution, wipe this solution over the fitting to check for leaks.

Hi

You forgot the bit about washing the soapy solution off with water or using the leak detecting fluid they charge you loadsa money for.
MissG is correct.

Corgi Guy.

Razor · 26 October 2007 at 9:30AM

That is true, the chlorine content is corrosive to metals, (the actual fitting will be brass in this case). Most of the DIY places sell Leak Detection Fluid for gas in the plumbing section. Mind you they also sell flueless gas fires, don't get me started on that!!

MarkyMarkD · 13 May 2009 at 10:56PM

As we are in the process of moving house, my wife has been mugged almost £100 for disconnecting a gas cooker we don't even want (but nor do the people buying our house) - way more than it's going to fetch on eBay. D'oh!

The removal men wouldn't do it cos of liability blah blah blah.

I could have disconnected it myself in three seconds but she is too dim to do it and I'm a few hundred miles away. Grrrr!

edward_t_bear · 17 November 2011 at 9:22PM

Hi. I disconnected the cooker just like that but could smell gas so did the soapy water test and found the bayonet was leaking. Had to reconnect the old cooker. New cooker is electric but now can't use it. What do I do next? Do I need to call in a gas engineer?

gasbag1602 · 17 November 2011 at 9:55PM

Yes you need to call a gas safe registered engineer who will carry out a test for tightness, cap off or plug the pipe then carry out another test for tightness(make sure you have no gas leak) Then he will carry out a purge and relight confirming all other gas appliances are visually safe,
Job done:beer:
Guys unless you can carry out that proceedure please dont "do it yourself"

How to disconnect Gas Cooker

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