Gas pipe connecting new hob.

[Matelot]

Hi there,

(Blimey - I've had my moneys worth on this Forum in the last few days!)

 

I have recently had a new kitchen fitted in my French cottage. As well as new cupboards, units, etc, I had a new built in electric oven installed and a combination gas/electric hob set in to the worktop above. Gas is supplied by bottled gas in a cupboard next to the cooker.

 

When I went to our local Catena DIY store to buy a connection pipe for the hob, I told the salesperson (who was not some spotty youth) exactly what I was looking for and what it was going to connect. He handed me a packet containing a reinforced rubber tube, pointing out the date markings, which meant that I should change the tube by that date.

 

I took the pipe home and that afternoon a local supplier delivered the oven and hob. Together, he and the plumber installed both and connected everything up.  “Job’s a Good’Un” - we celebrated the completion of the kitchen with a glass of rosé all round.

 

It was only upon my return to the UK, that I read somewhere in this forum that the pipe connecting the bottle to the hob, should be of the metal flexible variety. I am surprised, because neither the appliance supplier (a well-recommended local guy) nor the plumber/heating engineer mentioned anything at the time. Also, the gas cooker I replaced also had a date stamped rubber pipe connecting the burners to the gas bottle.

 

Can someone enlighten me please as to the why’s & wherefores of this, as I do not relish the hassle of dragging out the oven unit and changing the pipe, regardless of the expense.

 

Over to the experts!

Many thanks!

[Val_2]

The law is very strict on this whereby if you have an enclosed electric oven with a bottled gas hob above. You MUST have the connection to the bottle in flexible armoured tubin and not the ordinary rubber replaceable every four year type.Any plumber/electrical installer worth his salt will tell you this and it is for your utmost safety.