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    gas cooker flexible bayonet hose

    The point is that unless he is competent then this is not only not a diy job, it is also illegal.
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    gas cooker flexible bayonet hose

    The exact point I was going to make, I have ben to plenty of jobs where the connection point is not sited in the manufacturers specified positin causing such things as a hole in the gas hose due to the hose making contact with the oven flue or a slice in the hose due to it making...
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    British Gas - not allowed to leave old parts on site?

    Ok this is an easy one for me to answer as a company I worked for was stung by a customer who was a solicitor on this exact subject. Simple fact, the part NEVER becomes the property of the repairer unless the deal is an exchange or under warranty, and this was confirmed by the company...
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    Oven switch on rangemaster advice

    No, the fan oven selector is shorter than that, and to replace it you will need to remove the tops and the facia.
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    replacing ceramic cooker glass top

    Well I do think so, this is the one for the cooker on ebay. http://www.espares.co.uk/part/cookers-and-hobs/beko/p/1092/927/0/0/1242541/glass-ceramic-hob-top.html
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    replacing ceramic cooker glass top

    Youre having a laugh, alot of ceramic tops are as much as buying the hob complete !!!
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    cannon cooker keep trying to ignite on grill setting

    I senses it through the electrode, lead and generator so any could be faulty, unless you are competent its against the law to work on it yourself.
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    Converrting Hygena oven to lpg

    Passed by the Gas Council, BS and/or EU, you cant simply make a gas appliance and sell it without it passing its standards tests, LPG often has different requirements for safety reasons ie. grill requires a 100% fsd etc and also often lpg versions have different grill/oven burners and by passes...
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    Converrting Hygena oven to lpg

    If an appliance has been supplied for NG and has no manufacturers kit for conversion to lpg then that appliance has only been passed for ng making any conversion illegal, and that is why you cannot convert it.
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    belling gas oven and hob

    The oven isnt "fan assisted" it is "fan cooled" and also a front flued appliance thus all the heat being blown from the front.... theres nothing you can do about it unfortunately.
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    noisy gas cooker

    Will be a surface combustion burner, safe to use but will need a new burner to get rid of the noise.
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    Hob condemned tonight

    Perhaps you should tell National Grid that as their website says otherwise : What if the gas leak is indoors? National Grid engineers will always 'make safe' when called to a suspected gas escape. However, the emergency service provided by National Grid under the terms of its Licence...
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    Gap between the rear of my cooker and the wall. How to fill

    Not all cookers have much of an overhang, many have next to none, thats why I always carry 15mm-half inch backplate fittings on the van, as for upstands I cant think of many that have them.
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    Plumbing in a gas cooker

    You are only allowed to undertake gas work if you are competant....... with your last statement you have proved 100% that you are not.
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    Using catering hose on domestic cooker?

    Your cooker connection point should only be fitted in the shaded area specified in the instruction book, fitting anywhere else is against the gas regs. First rule of gas regs - "Install to manufacturers instructions".
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    Gap between the rear of my cooker and the wall. How to fill

    I use a flat to the wall connection point when I install a cooker, there hasn't been a cooker yet that I couldn't get back to the wall.
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    Do I need a gas safe certificate for replacement hob?

    Unlikely to cause any problems and yes Gas Safe are no longer asking for flueless cooking appliances to be registered compulsorily.
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    gas certificate

    Where ? Am not sure now though whether the op means theres a working pressure drop of 2mb or a 2mb drop on the tightness test ? It can be read either way.
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    gas certificate

    In what way was it irrelevant when he was on about the tests he thought may need doing when doing a simple disconnect reconnect, as he hasnt "worked on" the appliances he doest not need to do a thorough test and record working pressures/kw etc on every appliance. 2mb is also not unacceptable...
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