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That's why you'll never be B&Q's best kitchen designerI would NEVER run a plastic waste behind a cooker as it's a receipe for disaster!
Should I put this in Disasters? - Advice please
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If the correct gas fitting is used and fitted in the recess as per the manufacturers instructions the oven will go back to the wall, but in your case the pipework will prevent it going back to the wall.
In this situation we chase the pipework in the wall
This is the fitting you require
http://www.screwfix.com/p/straight-wall-plate-adaptor-15mm/45191
In this situation we chase the pipework in the wall
This is the fitting you require
http://www.screwfix.com/p/straight-wall-plate-adaptor-15mm/45191
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B&Q generally do a good job in designing kitchens but they don't get involved in any of the details such position of pipes, cables etc, especially if they know that B&Q isn't going to fit it. The problem with having several trades on one job is that each trade tends to do his one bit without worrying about future problems where as one person doing the job knows that he has to think five steps ahead or he might get problems.
Is it not possible to unscrew and remove cabinets either side of the cooker, channel into the wall from one side to the other and then re-route waste pipe into the wall?
Is it not possible to unscrew and remove cabinets either side of the cooker, channel into the wall from one side to the other and then re-route waste pipe into the wall?
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Could be a problem?
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 moment the gas supply is coming from below so the plumber has had to make a 180 degree connection to have the hole pointing down. That's why there is a monstrous fitting on the wall
Is this the case?
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 moment the gas supply is coming from below so the plumber has had to make a 180 degree connection to have the hole pointing down. That's why there is a monstrous fitting on the wall
Is this the case?
Following on from Squeaky's comments about multi-trades on one job, reminds me of the mansion house I was installing Burglar Alarm cables in many years ago, my last job for the day was to drill through what seemed like a hundred floor joists ready for my cables to pass through the next day - imagine my frustration the next morning to find the site Sparky had nicked my holes for his wiring -
Sparkies just can't be trusted.
I would never trust a B&Q nimrod to design anything I was going to spend more than £20 on. When we plumb a kitchen the FIRST thing we do is make sure the pipes can go to where they need to go without causing issues.
Last one we lost out to BECAUSE we weren't happy that it was feasible to get the required falls. The one before that, we were involved with form the start and advised to get the work tops cut and extra inch or so deeper.
Not much help to the OP, but perhaps salutary lesson for anyone reading this later - not that the title is conducive to follow up research, or that new posters bother to search old posts very often.
I would never trust a B&Q nimrod to design anything I was going to spend more than £20 on. When we plumb a kitchen the FIRST thing we do is make sure the pipes can go to where they need to go without causing issues.
Last one we lost out to BECAUSE we weren't happy that it was feasible to get the required falls. The one before that, we were involved with form the start and advised to get the work tops cut and extra inch or so deeper.
Not much help to the OP, but perhaps salutary lesson for anyone reading this later - not that the title is conducive to follow up research, or that new posters bother to search old posts very often.
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
Can anyone give me any info on the positioning of gas outlets for cookers from the Gas Regs side of things. Meeting arranged with the plumber for Tuesday so I would like to know
1) does the connection need to face downwards and
2) can the connection be behind an adjacent unit as long as access is provided?
Much appreciated
Can anyone give me any info on the positioning of gas outlets for cookers from the Gas Regs side of things. Meeting arranged with the plumber for Tuesday so I would like to know
1) does the connection need to face downwards and
2) can the connection be behind an adjacent unit as long as access is provided?
Much appreciated
The bayonet should face down. the cooker instructions should say where they expect it to be located.
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The gas fitting side of it is easily remedied just needs to be done by someone that knows what he's doing, it isn't rocket science.
Is it a wooden suspended floor ? take the waste under the floor and back up.
not ideal but it would work.
Alternatively does the cooker back on to an external wall ? could the waste go through the wall and be run externally to a gulley ?
Is it a wooden suspended floor ? take the waste under the floor and back up.
not ideal but it would work.
Alternatively does the cooker back on to an external wall ? could the waste go through the wall and be run externally to a gulley ?
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 cooker was installed.
Did he have the cooker instructions?
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?
Hotpoint EG900X - anyone had experience with these?
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 that with this particular cooker "Hotpoint EG900X" that some people had had installation problems in certain situations. When I said that it was a bad design that there was no recess to install the gas connection as per the GasSafe suggested fitting, he said that there was nothing wrong with the cooker but again said that a few people had had installation issues. I mentioned that there was nothing in the installation guide to give any indication - no real answer. Would they take it back - No but the supplier might!
So if anyone is installing a Hotpoint EG900X be aware of this BIG issue.
Anyway he then went on to tell me that with this particular cooker "Hotpoint EG900X" that some people had had installation problems in certain situations. When I said that it was a bad design that there was no recess to install the gas connection as per the GasSafe suggested fitting, he said that there was nothing wrong with the cooker but again said that a few people had had installation issues. I mentioned that there was nothing in the installation guide to give any indication - no real answer. Would they take it back - No but the supplier might!
So if anyone is installing a Hotpoint EG900X be aware of this BIG issue.
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