Connecting Gas Cooker

[jg96]

Two Questions actually my daughter is taking delivery of a new gas cooker in a property she is going to rent are cookers usually supplied with a connection hose and if so can it be connected to the existing bayonet type connector that my daughter tells me is present though I won't see it myself till next weekend. Is this Ok to do myself as a pretty confident DIYer or do I have to employ a Gas Fitter. Any advice gratefully received.

[Disco Fever]

If youre daughter is going to rent out the property or she is renting off someone else then you will be better off getting a proper CORGI gas installer to connect the flexible hose to the new cooker as I know now that PTFE is not allowed to be used on gas fittings and I can't think of the proper stuff you have to use.

GASMAN on Answerbank will tell ya....

[terence7556]

as a landlord she will have to provide proof in writing if requested by a tenant that gas appliances recieve an annual safety check and it follows that the installation. is carried out properly by a CORGI registered fitter.
gas appliances use a different type of PTFE tape for their compression fittings, but this is only the tip of the iceberg e.g. your cooker must be connected safely to the supply, have stability brackets or chains to secure it and a number of essential checks on the appliance itself such as the operation of the shut off valve (s) and flame safety devices to name but two
to be honest with you i find it a concern that you intend to rent out a property and are struggling with the requirements of a basic gas appliance.

[jg96]

Perhaps I didn,t make myself clear she will be the tenant of a house not the landlord. If so is it down to the landlord to ensure the work is carried out correctly???

[terence7556]

not necessarily because tenants can install or have installed ,their own appliances
the landlord should have a safety check once a year on his/her own appliances

[katerich48]

When my dad recently bought a new gas cooker...there was no connecting hose supplied - when we rang the cooker company they said they're not allowed to supply them anymore, and the only person who can get them is a registered CORGI fitter - who will bring it when they come to fit the cooker in - also they have to chain the whole thing to the wall... all of which you have to pay for..

[gasman]

Any gas appliance must be by law be installed by a CORGI registered engineer. This includes free standing cookers !!! As they are no longer fitted with the flexible hoses and stability devices required to install them, so they need to be made up by us guys and then when fitted a record of the appliance and the relevent safety checks performed has to be submitted to CORGI and they will then issue a certificate of compliance for the appliance which you will need for home insurance purposes and the likes of. Who is responsible depends upon who owns the appliance. If the landlord supplies the appliance it is their obligation to have it installed competently and regulary maintained. If the tennent has provided their own appliance the owness is on the tennent and the landlord is not responsible for the appliance or its maintainence.

[jg96]

Thanks for your help Gasman I have been waiting for your answer. Any idea what it is likely to cost or should I just ring around for a price?

[gasman]

Hi jg96, Prices vary up and down the country and especially if you are inside the M25. I would be looking on the trust CORGI web site, and in the find an installer section enter you're post code and what work is required. If you can avoid using engineers who are having to travel a fair distance then the charges will be minimal. I charge a standard fee of �45 plus the cost of the parts ( 1x4ft flexible cooker hose = �10. + 1 x Safety Chain,parrot clip and eye bolt = �5 and the cost of registering it with CORGI �5. So all in all in my area West Yorkshire ( Leeds,Wakefield ). I would be charging in total �65 + VAT ( or �60 for cash wink wink )....

[jg96]

Thanks again unfortunately my daughter lives in Hull bit of a ride from Leeds otherwise the job was yours.Anyway have printed off 5 Corgi reg engineers off the website and will take this to Hull tomorrow for my daughter to sort out on Monday

[gucciman]

i'm in birmingham and we charge �45 -�55 to install a cooker depending on how many of the customers old parts we can re-use i.e. hose, bracket, chain etc. this is pretty reasonable considering that british gas are currently charging �108 and comet around the �95 mark.

if there were any complications like the customer wanted the cooker in a slightly different position so extra pipework was needed then that would be priced accordingly but its rare we exceed �75 total for a cooker installation.

[jg96]

Thanks for your answers folks used the Corgi Trust website found a local guy did it for �50 including hose.