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Default Gas oven - flexible gas pipe NOT allowed!


"Lurch" wrote in message
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On or around Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:28:43 +0000 (UTC), "powerstation"
mused:


"Lurch" wrote in message
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On or around Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:25:38 +0000 (UTC), "powerstation"
mused:



Bizzarre or what? Anyone able to shed any light on this?

I've only fitted one gas oven and I used a flexible connection that

was
a
few years back. However I do note that the safety guidelines as

found
in
some recent (2005) gas fitting texts state that rigid pipework is to

be
used.

The only way I can think this might be achievable is to make the
service isolator accessible in an adjacent cupboard (say). Then make

a
compression joint behind the oven accessible from an adjacent

cupboard.
Thus the pipe can be disconnected and the oven removed.

I really need more info why the flexible hose is not permitted here.

Temperature

Nope. If it got that hot around the oven then surely the worktops and
adjecant units would have to be of some non-flammable construction.

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But if the hose comes into contact with the hot rear metalwork of the

oven
it can exceed the rated temperature of the Gas hose. I am Corgi

registered
and fit the appliance's strictly as per the installation instructions, as
required by the GAUR.

The rear of the oven shouldn't get that hot though. Is the above a
guess or is that a statement of fact?
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FACT The regulations state the hose should not come into contact with hot
surfaces or exceed its temperature limit, that is fact. "The rear of the
oven shouldn't get that hot though" that IS a guess isn't it ? Have you got
access to the manufactures test data, are you prepared to leave it on full
heat for hours in the summer, then measure it, if not you must follow their
installation instructions, which do not permit the use of a flexible gas
hose, period.