Who do I get to put in gas pipe for cooker?

laurence_2

My daughter is moving and she has a gas cooker at present connected with a bayonet fitting.

The house she is moving to has gas central heating but there is no bayonet fitting for her gas cooker.

The previous cooker, not left in the house, was electric but she wants to keep her gas cooker but there is no pipe and bayonet fitting to connect it.

Who does she get to do this?

C_Mababejive

Anyone one of these..

a) The owner of the house if she is a tenant
b) a Gassafe registered installer
c)Someone who is competent

laurence_2

So it doesn't have to be BG then?

When I got my first house and wanted a gas cooker the only company that sold gas cookers and fitted them was BG, but that was along time ago.

She has just bought the house and is moving in tomorrow

BlueC

A corgi registered gas fitter. Its a simple job but needs to be done safely. I'd get a quote from BG as they are usually the best if not the cheapest.

Pincher

Depending on the burner rating, you might need a permanent ventilation path to the outside. The extractor hood does not count. The electric cooker did not produce carbon dioxide and monoxide, so the ventilation was not required, and therefore may not have been put in.

The gas pipe to the existing boiler may not be adequate for simultaneous operation with the cooker on. You might have to upgrade to 22mm pipe from the gas meter. Worst case scenario, the external supply need to be upgraded too.

vuvuzela

BlueC wrote: »

A corgi registered gas fitter. Its a simple job but needs to be done safely. I'd get a quote from BG as they are usually the best if not the cheapest.

CORGI has been replaced by http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/
I would just get a few quotes from the phone book and definitely not bother with BG. A cooker connection can be done for 30 - 40 quid inc cable.
HOWEVER a lot of gas engineers will refuse to fit an old cooker as it should be thoroughly tested before fitting and it's not worth their time.

moonrakerz

vuvuzela wrote: »

inc cable.

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Gman0365

Visit www.gassaferegister.co.uk and type in your daughters post code. Phone a few engineers and get some quotes.

Owain_Moneysaver

C_Mababejive wrote: »

Anyone one of these..

a) The owner of the house if she is a tenant
b) a Gassafe registered installer
c)Someone who is competent

Absolutely not (a). all work in rented property must be carried out by a Gas Safe registered person holding the appropriate tickets.

(c) only applies to someone doing work not for reward or by means of trade.

vuvuzela

moonrakerz wrote: »

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Was very tired this morning and missed the bit about no bayonet fitting. Obviously I should wake up a bit more before I comment on anything. Thought it was just a case of getting a cable and connecting that...

laurence_2

I think you may be confusing your bayonet fittings. It is for gas not electricity.



The first picture is the hose on the cooker the second picture is the fitting that it connects to. This has a gas pipe fitted to it and the cooker plugs into it.