How much for a CORGI man?

rockjim69

Could anyone tell how about how much it should cost to get a CORGI man out to hook up a gas cooker? I live in the Leeds area if that has any bearing on things

EliteHeat

Should be the price of a call-out plus parts.

well-medicated

I had a new cooker connected last year. The CORGI guy had to drill through from behind the cooker to the gas supply pipe on the outside wall and put a connection pipe through into the kitchen (it was a straight connection through). Then he fixed up a connection inside (behind the cooker) and connected it up.

Cost was about £70.

Hope this helps.

W-M

rockjim69

The kitchen already has a gas cooker in it (present owner taking with when she moves). Will this make it an easier (and cheaper) job than the one described above?

WaveyDave_2

I paid £45 in December. The annoying thing is that most fittings are bayonet type, which just plug in, took him 5 mins. I suppose its worth the piece of mind if nothing else!

well-medicated

rockjim69 wrote: »

The kitchen already has a gas cooker in it (present owner taking with when she moves). Will this make it an easier (and cheaper) job than the one described above?

Absolutely. The current gas cooker will be connected to the supply, and there will be a means of disconnecting it at the pipe. I know that if needs be, I can disconnect my cooker and re-connect it again, same with the gas tumble dryer. The connections have an 'on-off' lever, a little bit like the levers for the water supply pipes that you have on your washing machine.

If your new house is the same, the current owner will switch off the supply pipe to disconnect her cooker and you should be able to connect yours.

I hope that this is all correct, and that older cookers/supplies aren't different.

W-M

EliteHeat

If there is already a free standing gas cooker there, then there must be a bayonet fitting. If your cooker already has the flexible hose connected to it then all you need to do is plug it in and there is no requirement for an engineer.

If the cooker does not have the hose connected then a Corgi engineer must attach it and then perform a tightness test on the property.