Installing cookers-clueless!

sosa_2 · 20 August 2008 at 11:51AM

Hi Everyone,

I'm a bit clueless when it comes to situations such as this. Basically I have an old gas cooker in my flat that needs replacing. Due to the new FSD regulations concerning gas cookers in flats I've decided to go for an electric cooker. I found a good budget model but the cheaper web based companies I have been looking at don't seem to deal with disconnection/connection. Does anyone know how I can go about finding a service to disconnect the gas and connect the electric appliance thats not going to cost me a fortune? But obviously I don't want to cut corners too much and risk health and safety!

Many Thanks.

adaze · 20 August 2008 at 12:09PM

If you are going electric you will need to have a seperate cooker circuit installed, if you don't already have one. This could be expensive if the Consumer Unit needs to be upgraded first and I doubt you would find a company that would give you a connection fee without them specifying you must already have a cooker circuit there.

I'm sure there have been a number of threads on gas cookers vs flats. Otherwise you could just get a second hand one off ebay, could be much easier.

Disconnecting the actual cooker in itself is simple, usually just a bayonnet fitting. You could probably find a Part P plumber who might be able to disconnect the gas and then run a new circuit for a cooker

EliteHeat · 20 August 2008 at 4:26PM

You do not need to pay anyone to disconnect the cooker if it has a bayonet fitting. These are self-sealing and do not require a Corgi person to do it.

mikeandrach_2 · 21 August 2008 at 8:41PM

please do not install a gas cooker in a flat without an fsd, anyting goes wrong and hurts anyone you are in jail, simple as that. fitting it or disconnecting your old one is illegal, regardless of what kind of fitting, even a bayonet one. if you are in a flat and you replace your cooker you must have a fsd, buying a second hand one is not a way to get around it