hmm, can anyone advise... I recently moved to a village with no mains
gas supply, though apparently it is coming. I need to rip the kitchen
out and install a new one, including appliances, but dont know if I
should wait until the gas mains is in (which could be 12 months or more
away). My question is this, currently the cooker runs off a couple of
gas canisters outside the property - are the fittings the same / gas
the same as mains gas. i.e. could I put a new cooker in, run it off the
canisters for now, but switch it over to mains gas when it is
installed? Many thanks

heathy wrote:
hmm, can anyone advise... I recently moved to a village with no mains
gas supply, though apparently it is coming. I need to rip the kitchen
out and install a new one, including appliances, but dont know if I
should wait until the gas mains is in (which could be 12 months or more
away). My question is this, currently the cooker runs off a couple of
gas canisters outside the property - are the fittings the same / gas
the same as mains gas. i.e. could I put a new cooker in, run it off the
canisters for now, but switch it over to mains gas when it is
installed? Many thanks

I believe you need different burner jets and some makes of cookers can
be fitted with either. Buy the right one now and you may be able to
convert it. Contact the potential gas supplier and see if they will
offer a conversion service as an incentive to take their gas.

MBQ

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heathy wrote:
hmm, can anyone advise... I recently moved to a village with no mains
gas supply, though apparently it is coming. I need to rip the kitchen
out and install a new one, including appliances, but dont know if I
should wait until the gas mains is in (which could be 12 months or
more away). My question is this, currently the cooker runs off a
couple of gas canisters outside the property - are the fittings the
same / gas the same as mains gas. i.e. could I put a new cooker in,
run it off the canisters for now, but switch it over to mains gas
when it is installed? Many thanks

I believe you need different burner jets and some makes of cookers can
be fitted with either. Buy the right one now and you may be able to
convert it. Contact the potential gas supplier and see if they will
offer a conversion service as an incentive to take their gas.

MBQ

my 6 burner stainless hob came with 2 sets of jets.

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heathy wrote:
hmm, can anyone advise... I recently moved to a village with no mains
gas supply, though apparently it is coming. I need to rip the kitchen
out and install a new one, including appliances, but dont know if I
should wait until the gas mains is in (which could be 12 months or more
away). My question is this, currently the cooker runs off a couple of
gas canisters outside the property - are the fittings the same / gas
the same as mains gas. i.e. could I put a new cooker in, run it off the
canisters for now, but switch it over to mains gas when it is
installed? Many thanks

I believe you need different burner jets and some makes of cookers can
be fitted with either. Buy the right one now and you may be able to
convert it. Contact the potential gas supplier and see if they will
offer a conversion service as an incentive to take their gas.

Yes, that's right, bottled gas is hotter (technical term!) than mains
gas and needs smaller jets. If you can get a hob with LPG (bottled
gas) capability it will almost certainly run on mains gas as well but
the other way around isn't always true. Usually the hob will come
fitted with mains gas jets and the LPG jets are a simple changeover.

--
Chris Green

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wrote:

I believe you need different burner jets and some makes of cookers can
be fitted with either. Buy the right one now and you may be able to
convert it. Contact the potential gas supplier and see if they will
offer a conversion service as an incentive to take their gas.

Yes, that's right, bottled gas is hotter (technical term!) than mains
gas and needs smaller jets. If you can get a hob with LPG (bottled
gas) capability it will almost certainly run on mains gas as well but
the other way around isn't always true. Usually the hob will come
fitted with mains gas jets and the LPG jets are a simple changeover.

I've bought several (cheapo) gas hobs and ovens in the last few years
and I think all have come with two sets of jets.

David

hey, thanks everyone... sounds like I can go ahead and sort my kitchen
then.