what fittings do I need? I know how to plumb in an oven, but a hob needs
solid pipework. what do i use to convert from the threaded pipe from the
hob to the 15mm copper pipe? do I use an elbow and secure it to the wall or
can you get free floating ones?

Steve

"R P McMurphey" wrote in message
...
what fittings do I need? I know how to plumb in an oven, but a hob needs
solid pipework. what do i use to convert from the threaded pipe from the
hob to the 15mm copper pipe? do I use an elbow and secure it to the wall
or
can you get free floating ones?

Steve



I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

MrCheerful

I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

I thought it was allowed, provided that it could hang free in a U bend,
connected upwards to the bayonet. As they are normally installed over ovens,
this isn't practical, as they would rest on the hot top surface of the oven.
I may be completely wrong, however.

Christian.

Christian McArdle wrote on Wednesday (04/02/2004) :
I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

I thought it was allowed, provided that it could hang free in a U bend,
connected upwards to the bayonet. As they are normally installed over ovens,
this isn't practical, as they would rest on the hot top surface of the oven.
I may be completely wrong, however.

Christian.

Our gas hob/electric oven arrived fitted with a flexible pipe fitted.

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http://www.ukradioamateur.org

Our gas hob/electric oven arrived fitted with a flexible pipe fitted.

Do you mean a free standing cooker, rather than separates?

Christian.

In article ,
R P McMurphey wrote:
what fittings do I need? I know how to plumb in an oven, but a hob
needs solid pipework. what do i use to convert from the threaded pipe
from the hob to the 15mm copper pipe?

Normally a 1/2 BSP female to 15mm compression fitting. You can get
straight or elbow versions.

do I use an elbow and secure it to the wall or can you get free floating
ones?

I'd certainly make sure the pipe was secure.

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On 04/02/2004 Christian McArdle a wrote :
Our gas hob/electric oven arrived fitted with a flexible pipe fitted.

Do you mean a free standing cooker, rather than separates?

Christian.

It is a matching gas hob and (separate) electric cooker. It replaced a
free standing gas cooker, which plugged in via a flexible. The hob
arrived fitted with a flexible hose, enabling it to be plugged straight
in.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (Lap)
http://www.ukradioamateur.org

It is a matching gas hob and (separate) electric cooker. It replaced a
free standing gas cooker, which plugged in via a flexible. The hob
arrived fitted with a flexible hose, enabling it to be plugged straight

Does the flexible hose hang downwards unobstructed through gravity alone and
connect upwards into the bayonet connector?

Christian.

a flexable rubber hose or flexable metal one?

steve

Harry Bloomfield wrote:
On 04/02/2004 Christian McArdle a wrote :
Our gas hob/electric oven arrived fitted with a flexible pipe
fitted.

Do you mean a free standing cooker, rather than separates?

Christian.

It is a matching gas hob and (separate) electric cooker. It replaced a
free standing gas cooker, which plugged in via a flexible. The hob
arrived fitted with a flexible hose, enabling it to be plugged
straight in.

Christian McArdle wrote on Wednesday (04/02/2004) :
It is a matching gas hob and (separate) electric cooker. It replaced a
free standing gas cooker, which plugged in via a flexible. The hob
arrived fitted with a flexible hose, enabling it to be plugged straight

Does the flexible hose hang downwards unobstructed through gravity alone and
connect upwards into the bayonet connector?

Christian.

I don't feel inclined to pull it all out to look, so from memory....

It was a rubbererised outer hose, came out horizontally from the hob
and the socket was perfectly placed in the gap between the top of the
oven and the underside of the hob. I took the precaution of curling the
hose so that it was clear of both and in free space.

Last year I had to remove the oven to repair it and checked out the
hose at the same time.

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http://www.ukradioamateur.org

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:51:13 -0000, "R P McMurphey"
wrote:

a flexable rubber hose or flexable metal one?

steve

anyone i have seen has rubber on the outside with a metal interior .
Stuart

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"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
. net...
I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker
flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is
ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

I thought it was allowed

The ultimate word is with the manufacturer's instructions: if it says a
flexible is OK, then it is OK,

Flexible on a hob is now not OK.

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
.uk...

On 04/02/2004 Christian McArdle a wrote :
Our gas hob/electric oven arrived fitted with a flexible pipe fitted.

Do you mean a free standing cooker, rather than separates?

Christian.

It is a matching gas hob and (separate) electric cooker. It replaced a
free standing gas cooker, which plugged in via a flexible. The hob
arrived fitted with a flexible hose, enabling it to be plugged straight
in.

What make? Some of the Continental models think they are being fitted in
Spain.

On 04/02/2004 IMM a wrote :
What make? Some of the Continental models think they are being fitted in
Spain.

It is one of those Scandinavian makes and I cannot even remember when
or where we bought it.

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http://www.ukradioamateur.org

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:09:48 +0000, MrCheerful wrote:


"R P McMurphey" wrote in message
...
what fittings do I need? I know how to plumb in an oven, but a hob needs
solid pipework. what do i use to convert from the threaded pipe from the
hob to the 15mm copper pipe? do I use an elbow and secure it to the wall
or
can you get free floating ones?

Steve



I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

This is discussed in the gas fitting FAQ.


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The FAQ for uk.diy is at 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

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
. net...
I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker
flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it is
ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

I thought it was allowed

The ultimate word is with the manufacturer's instructions: if it says a
flexible is OK, then it is OK, otherwise you should not use a hose. AIUI the
reasoning is that a hose is for an appliance that the user can move as with
a traditional free-standing cooker whereas a hob is fixed permanently in
place and the pipework should likewise be permanent. In practice I'd arrange
the pipework so that there's a compression joint somewhere accessible (maybe
underneath the kitchen unit) so that the hob and its section of fixed
pipework can be manoeuvered(sp?) into place and conected up easily. There
should be a valve to turn off the supply to the hob (if the valve has
compression joints this could also be where the hob section of pipework
connects, as long as the connection can be made without disturbing the
compression joint on the supply side of the valve).

"IMM" wrote in message
...

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
. net...
I know it is not recommended, but I put my hob in with a cooker
flexible,
that was twenty five years ago and it is still ok. After all if it
is
ok
for a cooker, why not a hob?

I thought it was allowed

The ultimate word is with the manufacturer's instructions: if it says a
flexible is OK, then it is OK,

Flexible on a hob is now not OK.

Would you mind elaborating (like: who says so, in what document)?

And do the manufacturer's instructions no longer carry any weight?

In article , IMM
writes
Flexible on a hob is now not OK.


If I recall the argument correctly, what everyone else thinks of as a
flexible pipe is a rigid pipe in gas fitting terms as it has a metal
inner pipe?

J.
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John Rouse