Gas Hob Installation

Philip624

How much should I expect to pay to get a built in gas hob installed by a CORGI engineer. I need the old one to be removed and replaced with the new one. It is a four ring hob.

bomberman2

Depending on alterations and distance the engineer would need to travel to site I would expect a fee from £80-£180. South East Area.

Bomberman2

Avoriaz

I did mine myself many years ago but I think that is now illegal.

I was simply swapping hobs that had similar connectors and it was a very straightforward job. It has not leaked in 12 years so I suppose I did a good job. I was experienced at plumbing and I read up carefully on how to install gas tight fittings. I also tested it for leaks with soapy water and by monitoring the gas meter over a period of time.

I think the law has changed and it is now compulsory to use a corgi qualified fitter.

plumb1_2

Avoriaz wrote:

I think the law has changed and it is now compulsory to use a corgi qualified fitter.

Actualy it is NOT illegal, but i dont advocate it.

flang

I did my own as well,
most use standard connections with just plug in and twist

bokkie7975

call a few Corgi registered fitters and ask for a quote.
http://www.trustcorgi.com/findinstaller/FindanInstaller.htmx

after the tragedy of the children who died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning...... I certainly wouldn't grudge the few quid to get peace of mind of knowing that the fitter was registered.
We paid £40 for fitting of a hob late last year, that was parts included.

Avoriaz

plumb1 wrote:

Actualy it is NOT illegal, but i dont advocate it.

bokkie7975 wrote:

..after the tragedy of the children who died from Carbon Monoxide poisoning...... I certainly wouldn't grudge the few quid to get peace of mind of knowing that the fitter was registered.
We paid £40 for fitting of a hob late last year, that was parts included.

I can understand your comments but in my experience I often do at least as good a job as a supposedly qualified professional. It may take me 5 times as long but I take great care and get there in the end. I have done a fair bit of electrical, plumbing and other diy jobs, plus the gas hob replacement. I have never tackled bricklaying or plastering but I do most other things myself if possible.

When we bought our current house in 1985 I had a problem with the electricity. A socket failed so I removed the main fuse and investigated but there was still live power showing at the socket. To cut a rather long story short it eventually transpired that the meter had been wired with reverse polarity by the electricity board. A supposedly qualified electrician had wired the incoming live to the neutral and vice versa. The wires still had the seals on them so I suppose the individual was traceable. All removing the fuse did was disconnect the neutral leaving the live current on the neutral wire. Fortunately I checked for current before touching anything.

I have had two different plumbers screw up my central heating.

We have had two big extensions built and on the second one some of the work was appalling.

OK, most professionals are competent and reliable and I have just been unlucky with a few bad ones. I still DIY where possible and I would happily tackle a simple gas installation if it was legal and I had the time to do it.

Bokkie, being Corgi registered is a good but not infallible sign. I think that tragic CO incident in Greece was caused by a boiler supposedly professionally installed and maintained, maybe by people with the Greek equivalent of Corgi.

Keldin

A lot of work that 'requires' a corgi registered person to do it can be done by a person in their own house. The corgi requirement is if you do it for someone else (even for free) or to a property you rent out.
I think the law says the person must be 'competent' to do it in their own house. I certainly wouldn't muck about with gas if I didn't consider myself competent though.
You could save yourself some labour costs by doing some of the work yourself and having the corgi engineer connect and test it before turning tha gas back on.
Personally I stay well away from gas.
K

robv_3

I think the law says the person must be 'competent' to do it in their own house.

The question is how to you prove your competent? If you do it yourself do not forget all pressure drop calculations and drop test to confirm its safe.

The two guys I use charge 45 and 60 quid and you get a nice certificate through the post.

shandypants5

flang wrote:

I did my own as well,
most use standard connections with just plug in and twist

I was told that the rubber hose plug and twist type is only legal on a moveable type cooker.

A hob is classed as fixed, and must be plumbed in ridgid pipe.


anyway...

a man falling from the sky sees another man flying up towards him.

He shouts out "do you know anything about parachutes ?
The other man replies.......

NO do you know anything about Gas plumbing....

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

girlsmum

Min £80 i would say, but it will vary, phone around and ask, most will be able to give you a price over teh phone