Fitting own kitchen - disconnecting gas cooker

salbot

Hello everyone,

I am fitting my own ikea kitchen with the help of some friends. What is the deal with disonnecting and connecting my own gas cooker? My boyfriend's dad is going to do it for me - he isn't a qualified electrician or plumber but has done is own kitchen. Is this legal? I have no idea whether it is or not? When I come to sell my house will I need to show certificates?

So many questions and so little experience! Any other advice is welcome!

Thanks
Sally

olly300

Firstly you should never let someone not qualified muck around with gas even if they offer. If anything goes wrong they are the ones who will be prosecuted.

Secondly are you moving the cooker location or replacing it? If you are get someone in who is CORGI registered.

ormus

assuming you have a (modern) flexible gas hose and bayonet fitting, then its ok for a competent person to do it.

salbot

Hello, I am just replacing it not moving it. I'm afraid I'm not sure whether it has a flexible gas hose or a bayonet fitting. My electrician was round the other day and I think he said my hob had a bayonet fitting.

salbot

I am actually replacing my oven and my hob.

andyhop

to even disconnect and reconnect a bayonet cooker unless corgi certified is illegal

Canucklehead

salbot wrote: »

Hello everyone,

I am fitting my own ikea kitchen with the help of some friends. What is the deal with disonnecting and connecting my own gas cooker? My boyfriend's dad is going to do it for me - he isn't a qualified electrician or plumber but has done is own kitchen. Is this legal? I have no idea whether it is or not? When I come to sell my house will I need to show certificates?

So many questions and so little experience! Any other advice is welcome!

Thanks
Sally

Good evening: The installation/replacement of heat producing gas appliances must be notified to Building Control: for clarification on this and other gas safety related issues see here

HTH

Canucklehead

danger_mouse_2

not sure how true it is but i was told that if ou have a gas cooker fitted you need a certificate to say it was installed properly.
I was told that if there was any fault that developed due to bad fitting then insurance would wash there hands of it, again just what i was told but seemd to be similar to what others have said above.

Networkguy

andyhop wrote: »

to even disconnect and reconnect a bayonet cooker unless corgi certified is illegal

No it's not.

This is why they introduced them so that anybody can safely do it.

madjay

andyhop wrote: »

to even disconnect and reconnect a bayonet cooker unless corgi certified is illegal

You need to be corgi certified to connect the Flex and bayonet to the equipment, eg Cooker, hob etc but you do not need it to connect the bayonet to the holder. The Holder is an automatic valve and will only allow gas to pass when the bayonet is fitted the right way.