Kaiser Sose wrote:
Guys,
Redoing my kitchen and want to move the Gas Hob 400mm to the left. The
existing hob is directly connected to a vertical piece of 15mm copper pipe
that is on the "switched" side of a gas cock - i.e. there is no flexible
hose on the existing hob.

I want to install a new type of Gas Hob - a Siemens one. However, I do
not want to have to move the Gas Cock 400 mm to the left because that
would involve me cutting the "mains" side of the gas cock. In other words I
would like to leave the gas cock where it is, saw through some of the
"switched" side of the 15mm vertical pipe, attach a flexible hose to
this and then route it to my new hob.

Is what I am saying sensible or even legal? I am a DIYer not a Corgi man.

This is the hose I am looking at:

How would I get this onto the 15mm pipe with a compression fitting?

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...65191&id=12279
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Thanks,

Steve


Hi Steve,

I've just finished re-doing my kitchen, but before I started I searched
this group along similar lines.

The answer to your question is, unfortunately for you perhaps, no.

You can't have a fixed appliance (i.e. a hob) on anything but fixed
pipe work.

But, you can still do your own gas work, so you could legally switch
the gas off at the meter and insert a cap, then re-plumb your gas as
needed, connect it back up and test it with leak detection
spray/washing up liquid solution.

Or, you could do what I did and clear the room of all obstructions,
mark out exactly where you want the pipe to go, having chased out any
walls that need doing, and pay a corgi to do it for you.
The bloke I got to do mine came to have a look, saw that there was
about 10mins work, and did it there and then. Bosh! Cost me about
20quid and a couple of cups of tea.

HTH,

Cheers, Will