Old Gas Cooker

Guest101

Hi everyone,

I have an old gas cooker (reckon about 15-20 years old) which i need unplugging and removing. I want to use a gas safe registered engineer for the work, as i think it has the old style connections.

Anyone done similar before can enlighten me as to the rough expected cost. Just dont want to be ripped off

G_M

You MUSTusea GasSafe engineer- by law.

C_Mababejive

Why do you think you might be ripped off?

NowRetired

I have an old gas cooker (reckon about 15-20 years old) which i need unplugging and removing

My gas cooker is 24 years old and has a bayonet fitting, just like taking a light bulb out.

In fact my wife disconnects it every six months so that she can move the cooker to clean behind and underneath it.

bitsandpieces

Guest101 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I have an old gas cooker (reckon about 15-20 years old) which i need unplugging and removing. I want to use a gas safe registered engineer for the work, as i think it has the old style connections.

Anyone done similar before can enlighten me as to the rough expected cost. Just dont want to be ripped off

Actually unplugging the thing's not much work for the engineer - so imagine it depends how little money the engineer's willing to drive by you for! I had this done years ago - a local guy charged around £20, I think. It may well be dearer, though, if you can't find anyone willing to head past for that little.

As for removing it - if you want them to actually dispose of the cooker, will depend on costs at your local tip and whether it's a 2-person job to shift it.

Dan-Dan

A gas engineer is unlikely to bin it for you as well your local council can pick it up for a small charge if you cant get it to the local tidy tip, two of my bro`s are gas safe and both would charge you about £45 to do what your asking, just the time it takes to drive to your house and back is where the cost is , its a 1 minute job!

Guest101

G_M wrote: »

You MUSTusea GasSafe engineer- by law.

I thought that was the case, planning on using one anyway, as it's part of the contract for house sale, so dont want any problems afterwards.

NowRetired wrote: »

My gas cooker is 24 years old and has a bayonet fitting, just like taking a light bulb out.

In fact my wife disconnects it every six months so that she can move the cooker to clean behind and underneath it.

Thanks I think ill use an engineer, as i mentioned, its for a house sale, so dont want repurcussions.

bitsandpieces wrote: »

Actually unplugging the thing's not much work for the engineer - so imagine it depends how little money the engineer's willing to drive by you for! I had this done years ago - a local guy charged around £20, I think. It may well be dearer, though, if you can't find anyone willing to head past for that little.

As for removing it - if you want them to actually dispose of the cooker, will depend on costs at your local tip and whether it's a 2-person job to shift it.

Thanks i dont expect to be ripped off, but having never had this done, good to get a rough idea of cost. If he tried to charge me £150 i would now try to get quotes. It's got to be done this week, so I don't think ive got time to keep getting people in. So good to know straight off the bat if its a fair price or not.

Might take it to the tip myself, but again depends what he'd charge

Guest101

Dan-Dan wrote: »

A gas engineer is unlikely to bin it for you as well your local council can pick it up for a small charge if you cant get it to the local tidy tip, two of my bro`s are gas safe and both would charge you about £45 to do what your asking, just the time it takes to drive to your house and back is where the cost is , its a 1 minute job!

Thanks! (dont suppose they're lancaster based? )

That's a great figure to work for. I wasn't sure about removal, but that was more for convenience, there's a council run scheme here, and they charge very little

unclebulgaria

Get it disconnected and put it outside in the garden, it won't be there long if a scrap man see's it. Just make sure they have their scrap license.