Can i fit my own gas cooker or is it illegal?

sevenhills

GDB2222 said:

I haven’t bought a new gas cooker in my lifetime! Do they come with the bayonet hose connector already on? 

I think perhaps they don't, not sure. I think the OP is thinking, as I was, it's just a push fit.
You can make your own brake pipes for your car, but would you risk it with a gas that you cannot see.

GDB2222

sevenhills said:

GDB2222 said:

I haven’t bought a new gas cooker in my lifetime! Do they come with the bayonet hose connector already on? 

I think perhaps they don't, not sure. I think the OP is thinking, as I was, it's just a push fit.
You can make your own brake pipes for your car, but would you risk it with a gas that you cannot see.

You can see gas leaks - you put a bit of soapy water on the joints, and any leaks show as bubbles.

If you think you maybe can smell gas, call the gas company and they will send an expert round to do a pressure drop test. 

prowla

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

RonRamsgate

Oh the temptation to install your brand new gas cooker to an existing bayonet, many would just go ahead and do it but its wrong.
Brand new gas cookers do not come with an attached gas hose and even if they did it would still be considered 'gas work' as commissioning is required.
Iirc the hose-self sealing bayonet idea was for the householder to be able to temporally disconnect it for half an hour or less, pull the cooker out for cleaning reasons only and not leaving the disconnected gas cooker unattended.
£100 for a gas cooker install, is reasonable. Think AO charge more

jusferbrowsing

We had a new gas range installed on Monday.

Decommission, removal and disposal of old one then instillation of new by a gas safe engineer. 

Took them 40 mins and at £130 I thought it pretty reasonable.

rob7475

It's not worth the risk. The install will need need to be pressure tested and leaks do happen unfortunately. A leak was found when I had our last cooker installed which I'd never have known about if I'd fitted it myself

Eldi_Dos

prowla said:

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

Nice to see the grammar police are on the ball and making gas safety a priority.

ThisIsWeird

Is it illegal to do this? No. As long as it's done properly.

How do you 'prove' competency? You don't need to 'prove' it to anybody - you just prove it to yourself by doing a fully competent job.

What happens if you do a competent job? It should be fine.

What's happens if you get it wrong? You will likely be in very deep poo. Or worse. You really don't want that responsibility hanging over you.

plumb1_2

prowla said:

plumb1_2 said:

Ectophile said:

Not true, if it's your own appliance in your own home.  But you need to be competent to do the work.  Exactly what "competent" is isn't defined in the law.  Any work will have to be compliant with the https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2451/contents/made  Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 (as amended).

You need to be Gas Safe registered if working on someone else's gas appliances, either as an employee or as a self-employed fitter.

True and proving your Competent  to your insurance company is another matter.
Thats why I won’t encourage people to carry out any form of gas work.

It's "proving you're competetent", BTW.

Your rite

ratrace

Im all for Diy but when it comes to gas and electrics just get a qualified person in to do the work yes its going to cost, but rather be safe than sorry somthings in life are not worth it

I have just fitted a new bigger radiator in the living room and the pipe work needs adjusting yes i can do the work but just to be safe i have got a plumer in to do the connection (want a welded joint rather than a push fit) i have saved a little by fitting the radiator it self to the wall but id let a pro do the connection