Hi,
I've had a kitchen designed by MFI and paid the deposit. When the kitchen fitter came around he said it was impossible to fit the dishwasher where it was in the plans since the gas pipe come up out of the floor about 10 cm away from the wall.
The only other way to fit everything in would be to put the dishwasher where the sink is currently fitted (with a plain cupboard fitted around the gas pipes).
The problem is that the cupboard under the sinks currently has the gas meter in it (with some flexible pipe connecting to the steel gas pipe coming up from the floor). The meter would need to be moved so that it was next to the gas pipe.
Also, the mains water comes up out of the floor directly under the sink. These pipes have a stop valves that stick too far into the room (so the dishwasher would fit). The fitter suggested that the valves could be turned into the wall, and new valves fitted in the cupboard where the gas meter would be moved to.
He suggested that a CORGI registered central heating engineer could do this work, including re-locating the gas meter. Is this correct, or would I need to pay lots of money to British Gas? Also, can the valves on the main water be turned into the wall (as he suggests) without first turning off the mains water (we live in a large block of flats, I have no idea how we would do this).
Thanks in advance for any help
I've had a kitchen designed by MFI and paid the deposit. When the kitchen fitter came around he said it was impossible to fit the dishwasher where it was in the plans since the gas pipe come up out of the floor about 10 cm away from the wall.
The only other way to fit everything in would be to put the dishwasher where the sink is currently fitted (with a plain cupboard fitted around the gas pipes).
The problem is that the cupboard under the sinks currently has the gas meter in it (with some flexible pipe connecting to the steel gas pipe coming up from the floor). The meter would need to be moved so that it was next to the gas pipe.
Also, the mains water comes up out of the floor directly under the sink. These pipes have a stop valves that stick too far into the room (so the dishwasher would fit). The fitter suggested that the valves could be turned into the wall, and new valves fitted in the cupboard where the gas meter would be moved to.
He suggested that a CORGI registered central heating engineer could do this work, including re-locating the gas meter. Is this correct, or would I need to pay lots of money to British Gas? Also, can the valves on the main water be turned into the wall (as he suggests) without first turning off the mains water (we live in a large block of flats, I have no idea how we would do this).
Thanks in advance for any help