Recent content by Wimpy

Thanks all for your comments, just to let you know that all my posts had been some distance from the source of the problem and had been told to me by my son. Went down to visit, found the plumber moving the gas point out of the way behind an adjacent cupboard. Took the plaster off from behind...

Well now - just had a most revealing chat with a guy at Hotpoint/Indesit. First he told me that there was a additional part that I could get that might solve the problem - he said - wait for it - "It's called an elbow"!! Has this guy ever picked up a spanner? Anyway he then went on to tell me...

Well the cooker was there but having read the installation booklet I can't see any reference to space required other than the overall dimensions and nothing about where the gas connection could be sited Hotpoint EG900X - anyone had experience with these?

It was "plumbed" in last week by the guy who installed the boiler, just a pity he put it in such a useless place, I don't think my son was home when it was done or I'm sure he would have said something. I would have thought he would have realised that it was going to stick out too far what ever...

Thanks guys, this is something we will have to sort out for ourselves. We have learnt a lot with this refurbishment especially about kitchen fitting - or not fitting :lol: Can anyone give me any info on the positioning of gas outlets for cookers from the Gas Regs side of things. Meeting...

Thanks for the heads up with the fitting Please correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that the gas connection had to be installed so that the bayonet on the flexi hose has to be pushed up into the connector, i.e. the gas point has to be mounted so that the hole points downwards. Now at the...

Sadly the initial kitchen design was done by B and Q, the washing machine being as far from the outside waste as possible but we did have ""their best kitchen designer"" on the job - alarm bells!! The idea was to run the waste pipe below the base of the units in the space under the units...

So is it OK ie Gar Regs to have the gas outlet behind another unit? This is the first main headache as it sticks out about 3 inches. Brand new 900mm cooker and fitted Earthstone worktops so extra expense in this area would be a last resort. It is an outside wall but in a terrace of houses...

It is probably the only solid wall in the house, breeze block and plaster oOh had it been dot and dab plaster board those pipe would be away by now.

Yes Denso you're right but even when you look at the manual for the cooker there is no indication that it doesn't have a recess! I suppose when you fit cookers every day you get to know these problems. Units were delivered well before the appliances and we started straight away. I think the...

My son's kitchen! Builders in first then the plumber goes to work. We have fitted the kitchen before any appliances were delivered. He is now trying to get the cooker in place and we have BIG problems. With all the pipe work and no recess on the cooker, it's going to standout about 75mm and...

My son has had a new kitchen designed and delivered by a well known company. We have fitted the units but intend to get a kitchen fitter to do the work surface, it's Earthstone by WilsonArt. The kitchen design includes a Belfast sink. The first fitter contacted has made lots of excuses and...

Karis Thanks for your prompt and comprehensive answers. I will certainly take those points onboard. Biggest problem is the time factor. Son's in Bristol staying with friends and his wife and two little girls are in Exmouth, they want it all finished yesterday!! Not sure about ripping up...