Fitting a gas cooker - advice

Jay-Jay_4

and don't forget the tapey stuff that seals the threads of the connector......it's white, thin stuff that you wrap around and around.... it ensures that there are no little leaks.


***that's the best girly advice I have, probably get shouted at now from some angry Gas Fitters***

Gaz_Hammer

the tapey stuff that seals the threads of the connector......it's white, thin stuff that you wrap around and around

The tape you are referring to is PTFE tape! - Polytetrafluoroethylene,
or as some plumbers call it - plastic tape for everything!

Gas Fitters!

Please! Gas Engineers!

Gaz

quoia

quoia wrote:

When we moved house I disconnected both appliances and re-installed them at our new home

Gaz_Hammer wrote:

What safety checks did you carry out under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations?

Gaz

What I actually said was:

When we moved house I disconnected both appliances and re-installed them at our new home, which had 2 of the same fittings, without any help from a CORGI man

derrick

Non CORGI registered should not be using PTFE as his obviously invloves fitting pipework,and therefore illegal.
There are also 2 types of PTFE, the ordinary thin type for nearly everthing and a thicker GAS PTFE for gas!, it has a different make up to the thin stuff which should not be used for gas (the thin stuff that is)

SEE HERE

FruGal_2

now backboliers and fires are another thing

Jay-Jay_4

Well you live and learn don't you?

My dad bought me a second hand cooker when I got my first house, I fitted it myself because when you're young and skint you're not going to pay someone to come out and plug a plug in and push a hose into a connector...are you?

I did it, it worked and I hadn't got a clue that it was illegal.






p.s. Gaz.........

alanobrien

Gaz_Hammer wrote:

The tape you are referring to is PTFE tape! - Polytetrafluoroethylene,
or as some plumbers call it - plastic tape for everything!
Please! Gas Engineers!
Gaz

And remember there are at least 2 grades of PTFE tape
so it will say on it if it can be used for gas connections.

The base grade can only be used for water (general plumbing) connections.

kaaloo

Im really struggling on this! I cant get the fitting to budge - both the connector going into the cooker and the one that fits the main are solid!

Any ideas???