Recent content by ges

Just re-read BS 6172 (installing domestic cookers). Para 11.2.2 states "Any flexible connector shall conform to BS 699-1". So, does not seem to include BS 699-2 catering hoses! Therefore possibly excludes them?

Kirkgas is correct that insulating the gas pipe (and fittings) could work around the separation problem, and allow the supply to be extended. However, it seemed to me that using a 1.5m catering hose would be cheaper and easier, and is a neat solution. Information I didn't tell you is that the...

To answer the question why 1.2m is too short: Cooker is 700mm wide slot-in, with its gas inlet is at extreme top right. Bayonet outlet is at left side of cooker, and also 220mm lower. The ideal access arrangement is to pull cooker forward clear of the worktop, and then swivel cooker round...

The new cooker instal in a kitchen refurb. will require a 1.5m (5 feet) flexible hose. Unfortunately a standard length 1.2m is too short, and a 1.8m is too long. Is it acceptable to specify a 1.5m catering hose (bayonet style), which is a standard catalogue length, for a domestic application...