Gas bayonet fitting in wall

[djwestie]

I have just moved into a new property, the last owners have an electric cooker, we have just brought a gas one.... now there is a bayonet fitting coming out of the wall, do you think this will still be live?? ( ilive in a block of 6 flats) The gas metre only has one pipe coming from it( to new combi bolier), but it only had one pipe coming from it before which was connected to the one cylider boiler?? Is there a way to tell other than un-packing my new cooker & getting it hooked up ( by some1 esle i might add). only for it not to work & being stuck with a cooker i can't use??

Any help greatfully recived.

Thanks

 

[JPC]

you can follow the pipe and see if the is a "T" off to the cooker.

Or get the cooker fitted by a gas eng so he can make all relevant checks for your safety

 

[adlplumbing]

call out an rgi they can check the feed as part of the qoute

 

[twgas]

I would suspect it's dead. If there is an old black pipe, that is disconnected, near the meter and the pipe to the boiler is copper you'll be, more that likely, out of luck.
Get a RGI to check - but ask him about pricing to check the supply and/or fit the cooker, if it's ok, first, as you dont want to pay afitting price if it turns out to be unfitable.

 

[bengasman]

In case of doubt, have the installation checked by a RGI. Always

 

[gasbanni]

Yes get a gas engineer out if you pushed a driver in to the socket and gas came out you couldnt be certain it had shut offf properly if it was live could you ?

 

[djwestie]

There was no way i was going to push a driver in there. Are you mad!!! Thanks for replies, got a gas safe engineer to check, we had no gas so he run a new pipe off the combi boiler.

 

[gasbanni]

There was no way i was going to push a driver in there. Are you mad!!!

No but I thought you might be !

 

[kirkgas]

There was no way i was going to push a driver in there. Are you mad!!! Thanks for replies, got a gas safe engineer to check, we had no gas so he run a new pipe off the combi boiler.

i never use a screwdriver either, i always use my thumb

 

[sooey]

You could always buy a cooker hose and fit that into the socket. You'll soon know if it's live then, plus you'll need the hose for the cooker anyway.