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  • Ath_Wat
    Ath_Wat Posts: 1,504 Forumite
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    Slithery said:
    Um, isn't that an electric oven?
    Electric hob, anyway,  by the look of it.  Electric hob and gas oven would be an unusual combination, to say the least.
  • Help1234
    Help1234 Posts: 464 Forumite
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    Oh I assumed gas because I used to have a Leisure range and it was gas, I just thought all rangemasters were gas!
  • Woolsery
    Woolsery Posts: 1,535 Forumite
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    edited 27 April 2022 at 2:29PM
    All sorts of things will make shifting a gas point easier or harder. For example, a suspended floor might make it easier, but if a new floor covering has been laid you'd want to avoid that route and go via the walls, especially if you can hide the pipe in the back of cupboards, or behind them. You might also want to invest in a cooker hood to vent cooking smells outside, so that might narrow down where the cooker can go.
    It will be worth the effort. Whoever located the cooker where it is, needs a slap with a wet fish. If the property has had significant recent work, make sure anything that requires one has received a Building Regulations sign-off.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    this will give a better idea of the situation.(according to the floor plan there are stairs to a basement somewhere in that alcove.  
    and this from the opening on the left of that one.


  • Bendy_House
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    edited 27 April 2022 at 2:56PM
    As pointed out by Slithery, that's an electric hob - a ceramic type? I guess it's still a risk, as something could be dropped/spilt on to the surface which could combust, but it's not as crazy as a gas hob would be! What's in that LH unit? Could this be sorted as simply as swapping them over?
    What a nutty place to put it, tho'! You NEED an extractor (unless you don't do any cooking...), so really need to find a wall that will take one, with ducting to the outside (or recirculating if you have no option).
    In theory, if you either swap the oven with the LH unit, or position the oven (you could easily go smaller width too, unless you really want this size) centrally, with a smaller unit either side, then you 'should' be ok. Perhaps ensure any at-risk surfaces are fireproofed.
    BUT - what a cute cottage! And a lovely kitchen. I don't blame you for being charmed :-)
  • Slinky
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    edited 27 April 2022 at 5:11PM
    I wonder how many times the vendor has bashed their head on those stairs when cooking?

    Is it me, or does it appear that the cooker is sloping from front to back?
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