We would like to replace our electric hob with a gas one. No mains
gas here, so it will be bottled. The hob is beside an external wall.

I'm assuming we will have to have it inspected by someone official,
but can we do this ourselves or does the whole job need to be done by
a licensed person? We're in Northern Ireland, in case that makes a
difference.

Other than the gas connection, what other things do we need to be
aware of? The current hob has four rings, we're looking at a slightly
wider five-ring hob, so I imagine we'll have to cut a bit of
countertop to fit it?

Anything else we need to know?

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Hedgehog

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:53:43 -0000, GlintingHedgehog wrote:

I'm assuming we will have to have it inspected by someone official,
but can we do this ourselves or does the whole job need to be done by
a licensed person?

Who's going to know?

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Nigel M

"Nigel Molesworth" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:53:43 -0000, GlintingHedgehog wrote:

I'm assuming we will have to have it inspected by someone official,
but can we do this ourselves or does the whole job need to be done by
a licensed person?

Who's going to know?


The rest of the town when the fire service closes the area because of a fire
and a gas cylinder ?

In article , owain47125
@stirlingcity.coo.uk says...
There are minimum distances from a gas hob so if you have wall units
above your hob they might need rearrangement too.

There's a hood in place above it - higher than the bottom of the
cupboards by several inches. Do you know the minimum allowable
distance off-hand?

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Hedgehog

In article ,
says...
The rest of the town when the fire service closes the area because of a fire
and a gas cylinder ?

Hoping to avoid that ;-)

We already have a gas cylinder for a gas fire, but it's on the
opposite side of the house, so we'll need to have a separate one for
the hob (which is fine - at least we'll always have a spare!)

Are there any regulations about the cylinders?

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Hedgehog

On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:09:23 -0000, KVL wrote:

Do you know the minimum allowable
distance off-hand?

It will be in the installation details for the new unit.

Just go ahead and install it, assuming you are reasonable at plumbing,
it will be fine. Let's face it, the average CORGI installer didn't
have a choice between being a gas fitter and a rocket scientist.

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Nigel M

"Nigel Molesworth" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 21:09:23 -0000, KVL wrote:

Do you know the minimum allowable
distance off-hand?

It will be in the installation details for the new unit.

Just go ahead and install it, assuming you are reasonable at plumbing,
it will be fine. Let's face it, the average CORGI installer didn't
have a choice between being a gas fitter and a rocket scientist.

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anything above full width of hob 760mm high and hood should be same with has
hob so a 5 burner hob requires a wider hood plus possibly an extra permanent
room vent

cupboards either side must not over hang any surface (if less than 760mm
above) and if less than 50mm from edge of hob min height is 460mm

hob must be 50mm from any vertical surface inc rear wall

you should have 300mm either side to any vertical surface

powerstation wrote:
"Nigel Molesworth" wrote in message
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2006 16:53:43 -0000, GlintingHedgehog wrote:

I'm assuming we will have to have it inspected by someone official,
but can we do this ourselves or does the whole job need to be done by
a licensed person?

Who's going to know?


The rest of the town when the fire service closes the area because of a fire
and a gas cylinder ?

Been there!

With a single cylinder, all they did was keep a hose on it to cool it
until the rest of the fire was out.

Hardly a big deal.

MBQ