On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:27:22 +0000, EricP wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:47:30 -0600, 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
Hobs must be hard piped, but nobody I know has one, so go figure! 
)
Have you ever had anyone turn up with a clipboard demanding to see
your hob connection.
Please see gas fitting FAQ.
Frankly the OP is probably not ready to take on gas work yet.
Fixed hobs have fixed pipe work.
EricP:
I meet hobs supplied with fixed pipes and flexible hoses in about
equal proportions.
Gas fitting is done to the standards (see links below) not because it
might or might not be inspected but because it is the right thing to do.
Would you suggest making an irregular electrical installation (say using
the wrong size or type of cable) just because "no one with a clipboard" was
going to see it?
--
Ed Sirett - Property maintainer and registered gas fitter.
The FAQ for uk.diy is at
http://www.diyfaq.org.uk
Gas fitting FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
Sealed CH FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/SealedCH.html
Choosing a Boiler FAQ
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/BoilerChoice.html
Gas Fitting Standards Docs he
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFittingStandards