Dixons : Gas disconnection as part of electric cooker installation?

zackkilmer

hi

i'm thinking of buying an electric cooker from dixons , my gas one needs disconnected , website says they will disconnect the old appliance but when i phoned them they said it will be assessed on day of delivery so , if they cannot do it , i may be left with 2 cookers until i then arrange a corgi gas man to come around , and THEN i'll have to arrnge for appliance recycling ! has anyone had a similiar experience with dixons going from GAS to ELECTRIC ? Thanks

CliffWalker_2

Hi, Most gas cookers these days have a flexi-hose with bayonet connection (like a light bulb, just push in slightly and turn a few degrees anti-clockwise, then pull out - if it hasn't been undone for a while it may need a bit of wiggling to loosen)
You don't need a Corgi man, you just push, twist and remove.
Its self-sealing, so you don't need to do anything else.
If the cooker is connected by rigid copper pipe or doesn't have a bayonet (quite a large elbow), then you'll need a gas man.
Hope this helps.

amcluesent

LOL. Dixons! They're all on commission sales, so expect to be flim-flammed about needing something new before they can install the cooker. Probably a new motherboard.

baldelectrician

CliffWalker wrote: »

Hi, Most gas cookers these days have a flexi-hose with bayonet connection (like a light bulb, just push in slightly and turn a few degrees anti-clockwise, then pull out - if it hasn't been undone for a while it may need a bit of wiggling to loosen)
You don't need a Corgi man, you just push, twist and remove.
Its self-sealing, so you don't need to do anything else.
If the cooker is connected by rigid copper pipe or doesn't have a bayonet (quite a large elbow), then you'll need a gas man.
Hope this helps.

MAybe one of the gas safe folks will confirm this, but I was under the impression that a disused gas appliance should be blanked off- a bayonet connector is not deemed reliable enough.

Shoot me down in flames if I am wrong

zackkilmer

ok thanks....best to be safe than sorry and get a corgi gas man out to seal off i guess . Dixons online help call centre couldnt guarantee that as part of my £45 installation charge they would do this job for me , which is crazy as they must be corgi registered to install gas cookers which are sold by dixons

zax47

It's not Corgi any longer - it's Gas Safe Register.