I am in the process of renovating my kitchen. At the moment I have a free standing gas cooker connected to the gas supply via a flexible cable with bayonet fitting. I am getting a gas safe engineer to fit the new hob but have a couple of questions.
Firstly, I believe it is within regulations for me to be able to disconnect my current cooker. Is this correct?
There is no isolation valve near the cooker (only the main one on the outside of the house) but from my research the bayonet valve should self seal. Is it safe to disconnect the cooker and then wait a day (maybe two) whilst I fit the units and worktop before the gas engineer can fit the new hob?
Should there be an isolation valve for the cooker/will the gas engineer have to fit one?
Finally, I understand that a hob has to be hard plumbed, rather than using a flexi pipe. Just interested to know why this is?
Sorry, quite a few questions there but I like to understand exactly what is going on. Just to be clear, I am getting a gas safe engineer to carry out all of the work (apart from disconnecting the cooker if it is safe to do so).
Firstly, I believe it is within regulations for me to be able to disconnect my current cooker. Is this correct?
There is no isolation valve near the cooker (only the main one on the outside of the house) but from my research the bayonet valve should self seal. Is it safe to disconnect the cooker and then wait a day (maybe two) whilst I fit the units and worktop before the gas engineer can fit the new hob?
Should there be an isolation valve for the cooker/will the gas engineer have to fit one?
Finally, I understand that a hob has to be hard plumbed, rather than using a flexi pipe. Just interested to know why this is?
Sorry, quite a few questions there but I like to understand exactly what is going on. Just to be clear, I am getting a gas safe engineer to carry out all of the work (apart from disconnecting the cooker if it is safe to do so).