Is there such a thing as a cooker fitter

Katykat

My daughter has a new electric freestanding cooker. Her present one is a built under electric oven with a gas hob above it. We have to disconnect the gas hob before we remove it so have to get a gas fitter in. But then, do we have to get a separate electrician to fit the new cooker? Isn't there a tradesperson who does both jobs?

phill99

You certainly need a gas safe engineer to remove the hob. Some gas fitters also have a Part P certificate which allows them to connect the electric cooker. However you will have to hunt round for one.

You may well end up having to get 2 tradesmen.

mariat

Some electric cookers can be plugged in with a 13amp plug, and don't have to be hard wired in.

mazza111

If the cooker box is already there on the wall, it's a relatively easy job to do. Simple instructions are usually printed on the back of the cooker

Owain_Moneysaver

You do not require a "Part P Certificate" (whatever that might be) to connect an electric cooker to an existing cooker point.

This of course assumes that there is an actual electric cooker point - there might not be and the existing oven might be plugged into a 13A socket. This is okay for some single ovens, but a full cooker requires a dedicated supply.

Steve_the_fitter

You need a kitchen fitter who is Gas Safe registered

Katykat

Thanks folks, not sure what the existing connections are, its a single electric oven so might well be just plugged into a socket. In that case, we'll need to have a cooker point installed.

Jaynne

Katykat wrote: »

Thanks folks, not sure what the existing connections are, its a single electric oven so might well be just plugged into a socket. In that case, we'll need to have a cooker point installed.

Its very easy to temporarily remove your existing oven to see what type of socket its into. Built in ovens are typical secured to the cabinet by about four screws that you can see when you open the door. Remove these and the oven slides right out (get someones help if you feel you can't lift it on your own).

There will probably be one of three types of socket behind, plus a regular wall socket for the electric ignition of the gas hob. Either a regular wall socket, a socket without any plug but an off switch and a little holder to remove a fuse or a socket with a big switch (often red) and a little red light telling you if its on or not.

You need to look at the power requirements of your new oven which will be listed in kW. If its less than 3kW then any socket will be fine otherwise only the last type of socket is potentially suitable and the cooker (not just the kitchen as a whole) must have its own dedicated fuse on your fusebox. If someones helpfully labelled your fusebox in the past you should be able to tell by looking at it.