Installing a dual-fuel cooker help!

Ewarwoowar2

I wonder if anyone can help me.

Just moved into a new house. Owners took with them their range cooker. It's a 90cm one with a larger over and a smaller one.

I've bought a second hand one to replace it. It's a dual-fuel rangemaster in the same size. It's going to need installing.

I contacted a kitchen fitter recommended to my buy the shop. He's quoting the following:

1. £50 for gas fitter
2. £60 for him to fit the hood
3. £160 for an electrician to wire the cooker :eek:

The electrician is going to cost so much because, I'm told, it will need a dedicated curcuit running from the fuse box in the next room. A wire will need to be run from the fuse box under the floorboards to the cooker.

The previous oven must have been have been gas-only because it was simply plugged in to a socket behind it, as was the hood to another socket on the wall.

I'm a bit green to all this and was wondering whether anyone could tell me whether this sounds about right.

phill99

You don't need a kitchen fitter. The only bit he is qualified to do is put up the cooker hood.

It would be more economical to get an your own electrician whoe would also put up the cooker hood and probably only charge you £20 to do it as he is already on site. Try an independent gas fitter as well and you may save yourself a few quid.

Uncertain

The electrician costs seem excessive.

An electric oven alone (as opposed to a whole electric cooker or an electric hob) is not that heavy on current consumption and would not need the size of electric feed that would normally be installed for a conventional electric cooker.

I would check directly with an electrician what is necessary having first checked the rating of your oven.