Gas disconnection- is this legal?

olbas_oil

I am about to replace a gas hob with a 900mm range cooker. The shop I am buying from does not offer installation, so I will have to find my own gas safe fitter, and will budget around £100 (dual fuel but going in the same place as existing hob, with cooker electrics close by). The current connection is directly connected to a pipe that goes under the floor.

There needs to be a short delay between disconnecting the old appliance and installing the range cooker, to take out the countertop and unit where the hob currently sits, and clean and possibly patch the wall behind. I don't think this would take more than a couple of hours, but I doubt if the gas safe engineer would either do it themselves, or wait while I did it.

So would this work?
On the day of installation, early morning, I turn off the gas at the meter and unscrew the hob/pipe connection. Then I am free to remove the hob and prepare the space for the new range cooker.
...or is it illegal/dangerous for me to do this?

Otherwise it looks like two call-out charges, to disconnect then install the next day.

Hasbeen

olbas_oil wrote: »

I am about to replace a gas hob with a 900mm range cooker. The shop I am buying from does not offer installation, so I will have to find my own gas safe fitter, and will budget around £100 (dual fuel but going in the same place as existing hob, with cooker electrics close by). The current connection is directly connected to a pipe that goes under the floor.

There needs to be a short delay between disconnecting the old appliance and installing the range cooker, to take out the countertop and unit where the hob currently sits, and clean and possibly patch the wall behind. I don't think this would take more than a couple of hours, but I doubt if the gas safe engineer would either do it themselves, or wait while I did it.

So would this work?
On the day of installation, early morning, I turn off the gas at the meter and unscrew the hob/pipe connection. Then I am free to remove the hob and prepare the space for the new range cooker.
...or is it illegal/dangerous for me to do this?

Otherwise it looks like two call-out charges, to disconnect then install the next day.

Is it a flexible rubber hose with a bayonet connection or a fixed copper pipe connection?

Plumber90

Dangerous as you are leaving an open end. Get a pro in.

olbas_oil

it is a fixed copper pipe connection, probably installed in 1982. I suspect the installer will be replacing it with a more modern fitting, later that day.

olbas_oil

Is an open end dangerous on a supply when the gas has been turned off, and a fitter is due later that day?
I ask that genuinely - because I can't see how it can be, unless there is the possibility that the tap does not shut off the gas (unlikely because the meter was replaced recently). Or is there an issue with residual gas left in the pipework?

SailorSam

I think you should be able to leave it turned off by the meter for a couple of hours.

Ben84

Have you put the cooker replacement problem to a gas fitter? They do this kind of work every day, there might be a simple solution to it. Alternatively, visiting twice might not be that much of a problem or extra cost.

I can't comment either way on the safety issues. I don't know about gas, it's one of the few things I won't do around the house. I just remember the pictures of blown up houses I've seen in the papers, and then I call someone who does gas work!

Marktheshark

olbas_oil wrote: »

...or is it illegal/dangerous for me to do this?

Both is the correct answer.
Unless you are Gas Safe registered do not touch it.

TheCyclingProgrammer

Speak to the gas engineer you want to do the job. I can't see why they wouldn't be willing to come by first thing, safely disconnect the existing appliance and leave for another job and return in the afternoon to finish the job. Maybe for a small extra cost. Don't touch it yourself.

HappyMJ

olbas_oil wrote: »

I am about to replace a gas hob with a 900mm range cooker. The shop I am buying from does not offer installation, so I will have to find my own gas safe fitter, and will budget around £100 (dual fuel but going in the same place as existing hob, with cooker electrics close by). The current connection is directly connected to a pipe that goes under the floor.

There needs to be a short delay between disconnecting the old appliance and installing the range cooker, to take out the countertop and unit where the hob currently sits, and clean and possibly patch the wall behind. I don't think this would take more than a couple of hours, but I doubt if the gas safe engineer would either do it themselves, or wait while I did it.

So would this work?
On the day of installation, early morning, I turn off the gas at the meter and unscrew the hob/pipe connection. Then I am free to remove the hob and prepare the space for the new range cooker.
...or is it illegal/dangerous for me to do this?

Otherwise it looks like two call-out charges, to disconnect then install the next day.

I would disconnect it myself but I would cap the pipe so if someone did turn the gas on then you wouldn't have a gas escape. The fitting is only a pound or two.

andyhop

Seriously, your risking lives and your property for £60ish