Gas Hob connection

[Idaho]

Hi all, Ive just got a new gas hob and was hoping to simply connect it to the gas supply. Unfortunately the connecting hose has a threaded end and so does the hob! Is there some nut connector that i'm missing? Any kind words appreciated.

 

[tomy]

you shouldn't be using a hose it should be copper pipe!!!!!!!

 

[doyle]

hes right not allowed to use it, the gas rots the rubber tubing and then leaks.

 

[Idaho]

- I have a bayonet gas fitting on the wall that my old cooker was connected to and that had a flexible hose. This makes no sense at all.

 

[Nixt]

A cooker is mobile and has a hose so it can be moved to connect/dis-connect it. A hob is a fixed appliance and must be piped in cooper or steel with an appropriate isolator fitted. In any case before gas work is attempted a soudness test has to be carried by the competent person
before and after the installation to ensure there are no leaks.

 

[DP]

It has to be plumbed in with copper. That if official.

If you want to use drinking straw and sellotape, that is also OK as long as it is your house and you are living in it and prepared to suffer the consequences.

To clear the fog a little, cooker is a moveable appliance. It has to be moved to clean the slot in area. For this reason, it can be plumbed in with cooker hose. Hob is a fixed appliance.

 

[Idaho]

Ahh. Makes sense now . Thanks

 

[ChrisR]

Check the hob installation instrictions - some of them allow a hose now, as long as there's no danger of it getting too hot, as it would if stuffed down behind an oven.

 

[daden]

always instuctions first but if the cooker dont reach 70 d it could b ok to use hose but if u have to write on this site there is no way should be fitting a gas hob yourself please pay and use a corgi gas fitter(corgi web site)will find a local gas man for u and it will be done to spec and tigtness tested for leaks.

 

[namsag]

Same old question same varied replies with Chrisr getting it right, and god knows what Doyle is on about

 

[doyle]

same old question came up on course, can a hose be fitted to a hob.....no it cant unless mfr instructions say so as it over rules the regulation.

as to why is that a cooker is mobile as put earlier by other poster, and hob is fixed ..so why is it acceptable for mobile and not fixed, rubber deteriates, gas has affect on rubber causing it to deteriate and therefore leak.

 

[scatmanjohn]

as to why is that a cooker is mobile as put earlier by other poster, and hob is fixed ..so why is it acceptable for mobile and not fixed, rubber deteriates, gas has affect on rubber causing it to deteriate and therefore leak

The person on your course who told you that has not got a clue, so has just fed you with a bullshit answer just to shut you up.

Think about what you have just posted

 

[gas4you]

if you cut open a cooker hose you will find it is not just rubber, it is flexible metal lined. As for gas eating rubber, this is why lpg hoses are different from NG.

 

[namsag]

As for gas rotting rubber most seals between cooker taps and gasrail are rubber as is the seal in oven ffd`s.. What about all the o ring seals in water heaters to seperate gas and water sections .All o rings in worecesters etc etc If your instuctor has told you this the man is a half wit