Capping off Cooker Supply
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Just after a bit of advise.
About 12 months ago the gf had a gas cooker installed in here house.
The gas main was already there, the plumber came in & hooked the gas hob up to the supply.
It took him about 10-15minutes.
However the hob is absolute turd & our friends who're having a new kitchen put in are gifting us their fan assisted electric oven. (Works perfectly) as her gas one is not fan-assisted which makes cooking anything in it, cakes etc tiresome & a tedious task.
As the hob is from the stoneage by the looks of it.
What i'm trying to gauge is how much a plumber is going to cost to come in & just cap the supply off & disconnect our existing hob.
A mate of mine did it who's a qualified plumber but he's now away travelling so is un-contactable & unable to put it back to how it was before.
Do you have any idea on a guestimation of what it'd cost?
Just so when the next plumber comes round he does'nt shaft us for the cost of it!
Cheers
About 12 months ago the gf had a gas cooker installed in here house.
The gas main was already there, the plumber came in & hooked the gas hob up to the supply.
It took him about 10-15minutes.
However the hob is absolute turd & our friends who're having a new kitchen put in are gifting us their fan assisted electric oven. (Works perfectly) as her gas one is not fan-assisted which makes cooking anything in it, cakes etc tiresome & a tedious task.
As the hob is from the stoneage by the looks of it.
What i'm trying to gauge is how much a plumber is going to cost to come in & just cap the supply off & disconnect our existing hob.
A mate of mine did it who's a qualified plumber but he's now away travelling so is un-contactable & unable to put it back to how it was before.
Do you have any idea on a guestimation of what it'd cost?
Just so when the next plumber comes round he does'nt shaft us for the cost of it!
Cheers
Should only take 15-20 minutes or so. Step 1 - measure the gas pressure. Step 2 - after turning off the gas, cut the pipe and seal it off. Step 3 - turn on the gas and pressure test again. Step 4 - fill in the certificate.
Depends on where you live - my mate would charge me a tenner. Commercial guys £50 call-out, travelling time, and so on.
Depends on where you live - my mate would charge me a tenner. Commercial guys £50 call-out, travelling time, and so on.
grumpyscot said:
Should only take 15-20 minutes or so.
10 minutes provided there is easy access and no existing leak.grumpyscot said:
Step 1 - measure the gas pressure.
No point in measuring gas pressure, you need to test for integrity of the gasline.grumpyscot said:
Step 2 - after turning off the gas, cut the pipe and seal it off.
If the install was done properly, you can turn of the gas at the isolator, disconnect and cap with compression fit to allow easy re-installation at later date.grumpyscot said:
Step 3 - turn on the gas and pressure test again.
you need to test for integrity of the whole gasline, not pressure as you have not installed an appliance.grumpyscot said:
Step 4 - fill in the certificate.
Don't need a certificate for disconnection.benbob said:
grumpyscot said:
Should only take 15-20 minutes or so.
10 minutes provided there is easy access and no existing leak.grumpyscot said:
Step 1 - measure the gas pressure.
No point in measuring gas pressure, you need to test for integrity of the gasline.grumpyscot said:
Step 2 - after turning off the gas, cut the pipe and seal it off.
If the install was done properly, you can turn of the gas at the isolator, disconnect and cap with compression fit to allow easy re-installation at later date.grumpyscot said:
Step 3 - turn on the gas and pressure test again.
you need to test for integrity of the whole gasline, not pressure as you have not installed an appliance.grumpyscot said:
Step 4 - fill in the certificate.
Don't need a certificate for disconnection.Cheers guys, turns out one of my cousin is a qualified plumber now & he has done it for me.
My next question, i have to install th 30amp cooker.
Is it literally as simple as turning off mains power, taking off face plate, matching the wires & securing & putting the face plate back on again?
My friend who i got it off said it's that easy & he did it himself, but i have a phobia of being electrocuted.
My next question, i have to install th 30amp cooker.
Is it literally as simple as turning off mains power, taking off face plate, matching the wires & securing & putting the face plate back on again?
My friend who i got it off said it's that easy & he did it himself, but i have a phobia of being electrocuted.
dickymint said:
dickymint said:
How the hell can you do a tightness test without measuring pressure? I think you need to seriously re-think/re-phrase what you have stated.
I'm still waiting for our recently joined "Gas Safe Expert" to answer this!Other hand-held leak detection devices are available. HTH
dickymint said:
dickymint said:
How the hell can you do a tightness test without measuring pressure? I think you need to seriously re-think/re-phrase what you have stated.
I'm still waiting for our recently joined "Gas Safe Expert" to answer this!Gingerbread Man said:
dickymint said:
dickymint said:
How the hell can you do a tightness test without measuring pressure? I think you need to seriously re-think/re-phrase what you have stated.
I'm still waiting for our recently joined "Gas Safe Expert" to answer this!He's obviously busy sorting out His website after asking for feedback on another thread.
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