Price for installing gas cooker

phill99

C_Mababejive wrote: »

But you can read up on law yoursleves. Why I have personally fought several cases and won without a solicitor..one of them resulting in a payout of £1200

And who rattled your cage?

southcoastrgi

roysterer wrote: »

Do you get get corgi certificate every time you use your Gas BBQ conector to gas bottle??????????
whats the difference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this is the reason the gas regs were brought in & we pay a fortune every year to make sure that people like you don't blow up the whole street.

BTW corgi is a breed of dog, Gas Safe is the industry body dealing with gas in this country.

jonouk

I agree with the people who pay a good price to get it done by qualified engineers. I am not one I hasten to add, although I do have an engineering design HND, I could probably fit a gas appliance, but I wouldn't, simply because gas exposions can be very big and kill. Look recently in the news someone in England blew theit roof off, and killed a kid next door, I guess he was trying to fit/fix something, and caused a spark, perhaps simply by using steel tools. That is why the regulations are there, not to cheat everyone of money, not to be awkward, and not to suggest everyone is a moron. They are there for the minority who do screw up big time, and blow themselves up, and indeed take out a number of the surrounding population at the same time. The engineers prayer is, I think, "God protect us from those button pushers, knob twiddlers, switchers, interferers, homers, Black tape wielders, and make doers which inhabit this earth and spread mayhem" :doh:

Cee

Just about to move into a rented property with no cooker I need to buy me a new one, I see deals at argos where they deliver and install inclusive of price, so what is the going charge at the moment roughly so i can see if I'm getting a good deal from them, or just go elsewhere and get the same model cheaper and fitted by an engineer?

keystone

I think you'll find that what they mean is deliver it, hump it upstairs, connect the chain to an existing eye in the wall, connect the bayonet fitting on the end of the hose to an existing gas connection point then disappear.

Is there gas present in the property that the above can apply to?

Cheers

spireman

I have just purchased an electric oven, gas hob and electric hood from B&Q for only £428. The sales assistant advised me to ring the B&Q fitting service Homefit to arrange fitting. What she failed to tell me was the charge for fitting would be more than I paid for the appliances. £120 per electric appliance, £145 for the gas hob and £60 for removal and disposal of the existing appliances. Total £445. Plus extra unquoted amounts for the provision of safety certificates. Taking the cost of removal and fitting to over £500
I was expecting to pay around £200-£250. but after searching around locally I should be able to get it done for under £300. Next time I will go to a supplier who includes fitting and disposal clearly in the selling price.