gas cooker installation

[dwbbill]

iv a gas cooker with an eye level grill. theres the usual half inch inlet for the hob and 2 other inlets for the eye level grill and the oven. everyone knows since its a free standing cooker it needs o be connected with a bayonete and flexi hose, but how do you connect the other 2 inlets of different and much smaller inlet connections with out piping it rigid..

 

[TicklyT]

Sounds like your cooker is missing some parts.
There should be just a single hose feeding gas to the whole appliance. The gas is then distributed to the hob, oven and grill by pipework inside the cooker. That is NOT something to DIY.

 

[ChrisR]

how do you connect the other 2 inlets of different and much smaller inlet connections with out piping it rigid..

You don't! There's more to it than that.

 

[Gasop]

iv a gas cooker with an eye level grill. theres the usual half inch inlet for the hob and 2 other inlets for the eye level grill and the oven. everyone knows since its a free standing cooker it needs o be connected with a bayonete and flexi hose.

A free standing cooker may be fitted with a flexible hose OR ridged pipe work, (unless the manufacturers instructions say otherwise).

 

[ChrisR]

Oh no it Bloody can't.
If it's freestanding, it has to be flexible.

 

[Gasop]

Oh no it Bloody can't.
If it's freestanding, it has to be flexible.

I suppose you could be right. The regs I am using have not been updated for 4 years. Mine are BS 6172:2004 (ammended August 2006).

Quote: 11.1.4 Connections for a free-standing cooker shall be by means of a flexible connector for use with a
self-sealing plug-in device or rigid pipework.

What version of the regs are you using?

 

[Rob]

How the hell do you connect a free standing cooker up with rigid pipework

 

[kirkgas]

you can connect a free standing cooker on rigid pipe, it isnt too difficult if you set up as much as the pipework as possible and leave the easiest fitting as the last one to tighten, it is now seen as "better" to connect using a bayonet and hose as it allows disconnection for cleaning etc, you only need a stability bracket or chain if you use a flexi, if done with rigid (assuming it is fitted as per BS6891) they are not required. c'mon chris it isnt mandatory to use a flexi, same as it isnt mandatory to use rigid on evry hob, (lazy yes, mandatory no)

taken from BS6172 latest edition
11.1.4 Connections for a free-standing cooker shall be by means of a flexible connector for use with a
self-sealing plug-in device or rigid pipework.

 

[tamz]

How the hell do you connect a free standing cooker up with rigid pipework

Quite easily

 

[Gasop]

How the hell do you connect a free standing cooker up with rigid pipework

Union is simple. Long screw with backnut, (hemp permitted here).

Easy with compression fittings.

Come on, keep up at the back

 

[namsag]

Youngsters eh
i remember when every single cooker we changed was rigid fixed with the older guys saying we had it easy with those new hose things.