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Gas Hobs

TheCatWoman

Just a quick question to those who know these things, we're going to have to replace out gas hob, the one we have now is old, probably a good 25 years old and probably more, are the fittings still the same or will it involve a load of new pipe work?

I'm sticking with gas rather than electric as we have quite a few power cuts round here and I want to be able to have a hot drink and meals etc without having to keep a campling stove as a back up.

I'd quite like to go for a whole new cooker, with a seperate grill, the grill is in the oven of our current oven and will only work if the door is shut, so it's unused as stuff gets burnt and you can't get small things like toast near enough to the element to make it worth bothering with. Do'es anyone know if this is normal or are there any double oven/grill stoves that allow you to make toast on the grill without it taking 20 mins and having to have the door shut?

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  • You would expect the grill to work with the door open - it may be worth having a look at the instructions for your oven(maybe available online if you don't have a printed copy) to check if there is some sort of different setting when using the grill.

    Regarding gas connections - in the UK it is only lawful for a gas-safe engineer to even unplug and plug in an old stand alone gas cooker which usually have a simple bayonet gas connector - I gather newer gas hobs/ovens use a flexible hose with a threaded fitting on the end so may just need transferring over.  If you have a built cooker and hob the new ones may not fit in the gaps you have, so you may need a new worktop and units.

    To be sure of what is required you would need a gas-safe engineer from the place where you are getting the new oven/hob from to have a look at what you currently have and give you a quote for installing the new kit.

    Edit: Something else to consider if you are changing your oven, even if your current one is already electric you may need a higher current supply to the new one - old consumer units (like the one in my house with rewireable fuses) have a maximum output per circuit of 30A and so it could end up with needing a new consumer unit and a new circuit to the kitchen and the electrician putting in the new consumer unit would require all of the house wiring connected to the new consumer unit to be compliant to current regs and so you may end up with additional re-wiring costs.(this is a worst case scenario, so is quite likely not necessary)

    Edit2: I'm not sure from your description whether your oven/grill is gas or electric, in either case if you don't use the grill pan (usually has an attached handle that means you cannot shut the door of the oven when using it) that came with your cooker it won't be at a suitable height to grill with.

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  • You would expect the grill to work with the door open - it may be worth having a look at the instructions for your oven(maybe available online if you don't have a printed copy) to check if there is some sort of different setting when using the grill.

    Regarding gas connections - in the UK it is only lawful for a gas-safe engineer to even unplug and plug in an old stand alone gas cooker which usually have a simple bayonet gas connector - I gather newer gas hobs/ovens use a flexible hose with a threaded fitting on the end so may just need transferring over.  If you have a built cooker and hob the new ones may not fit in the gaps you have, so you may need a new worktop and units.

    To be sure of what is required you would need a gas-safe engineer from the place where you are getting the new oven/hob from to have a look at what you currently have and give you a quote for installing the new kit.

    Edit: Something else to consider if you are changing your oven, even if your current one is already electric you may need a higher current supply to the new one - old consumer units (like the one in my house with rewireable fuses) have a maximum output per circuit of 30A and so it could end up with needing a new consumer unit and a new circuit to the kitchen and the electrician putting in the new consumer unit would require all of the house wiring connected to the new consumer unit to be compliant to current regs and so you may end up with additional re-wiring costs.(this is a worst case scenario, so is quite likely not necessary)

    Edit2: I'm not sure from your description whether your oven/grill is gas or electric, in either case if you don't use the grill pan (usually has an attached handle that means you cannot shut the door of the oven when using it) that came with your cooker it won't be at a suitable height to grill with.

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