Couple of questions if someone could offer advice please.
My dear old Mom lives in a council house and I need to get rid of her old knackered gas cooker and get her an electric one. The house was rewired by a council contractor a couple of years ago and despite the fact that she had a gas cooker they conveniently fitted a cooker supply and socket outlet. Am I allowed to wire up the new cooker to the cooker switch the electrician provided or do I need to get someone in to do it? I'm quite confident with doing this job and just wanted to check on the rules.
Secondly, although a question related to the gas and might be asking in the wrong area, but the original gas cooker has a bayonet fitting to the gas feed and there is no isolator on this pipe, only at the meter. Again, am I allowed to turn off the gas, cut this pipe back and cap it myself, or is that a job for a CORGI bloke only?
Thanks in advance for advice.
My dear old Mom lives in a council house and I need to get rid of her old knackered gas cooker and get her an electric one. The house was rewired by a council contractor a couple of years ago and despite the fact that she had a gas cooker they conveniently fitted a cooker supply and socket outlet. Am I allowed to wire up the new cooker to the cooker switch the electrician provided or do I need to get someone in to do it? I'm quite confident with doing this job and just wanted to check on the rules.
Secondly, although a question related to the gas and might be asking in the wrong area, but the original gas cooker has a bayonet fitting to the gas feed and there is no isolator on this pipe, only at the meter. Again, am I allowed to turn off the gas, cut this pipe back and cap it myself, or is that a job for a CORGI bloke only?
Thanks in advance for advice.