On 08/10/2012 20:06, Steve Firth wrote:
Nick Odell wrote:
On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 03:27:13 -0700 (PDT), RobertL
wrote:

The hob we want to buy is significantly cheaper (almost 50%) if we buy
it directly from Italy (where it is made) instead of from the UK retailer.

Would there be any problems from the "gas safe" point of view? Is there
perhaps some safety mark required in the UK that would be missing from the italian model?

many thanks for any comments

Do they use the same kind of gas in Italy? If not, is it still
significantly cheaper after replacing jets etc?

Methane In cities and LPG in the country just like the UK. Most hobs sold
in both countries come with a full set of jets for both types of gas.

Some years ago there was a basic gas cooker on offer at Comet or Currys,
I can't remember which. My parents wanted to buy one to take over to
France and the shop point blank refused to supply the LPG jets (supplied
with it by the manufacturer), insisting that they could only be supplied
to a Corgi registered fitter! Wrong on so many counts, but they couldn't
be budged.

SteveW