Gas Hob heats up pans slowly

chukwe

Hi All,

I had a Neff Gas cooker hob when I bought my house 12 years ago which cooks food nicely.

18 months ago, I had a handyman in my house to fix things for me and I ask him if he can change the Cooker hob for me and he said "Yes". I rushed to B&Q and bought a cheap hob for £80 and he changed it for me.

I changed it because I needed a newer looking hob, but since then the heating up pans and pots have been very, very slow. Even frying an egg takes a while.

Is this problem from the Gas hob itself or has the gas flow rate slowed\reduced?

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth

If the hob is not working well, get a Gas Safe engineer to check it out.

Farway

Do the flames burn blue? They should

Could be there is a restriction in the gas flow, do the flames lick up the sides oy your pans if you wang the gas taps up?

chukwe

Thanks for the reply. The hob is working well but it's not heating up pots/pans as quietly as my replaced Neff hob.

I want to have some idea of the problem before I spend money getting an Engineer.

I don't want to call Engineer only for he\she will say nothing is wrong with it

Nargleblast

This may not apply to you but it is worth a thought. The other day I switched the gas on to cook breakfast for my OH. The flame was at its lowest possible setting and if I tried to switch another ring on it would go out.I was cursing and swearing, thinking I would have to phone the gas supplier when a thought struck me. Our frying pans are piled up in the cupboard by the hob where the gas pipe runs, and I remembered having a bit of a fight with a wok as I got the frying pan out earlier.

I looked in the cupboard and, sure enough, I had accidentally knocked the gas tap. I turned it back to its full on position and everything was fine again! I felt such an idiot.

McKneff

Was your 'handyman' a Gas Safe Engineer and did he give you a certificate.


If not, don't hesitate to get it checked.