gas pipe above cooker

[jjackie74]

hi, i have moved into a house where the gas pipe to the cooker comes down from the ceiling directly behide the cooker, can anybody tell me if this is dangerous pls, it is a copper pipe but the flames from the hob are only about 6 inches away.
thank you.
jackie

 

[namsag]

Perfectly ok . The flames are a lot closer to pipes within the cooker if you think about it and the pipe that connects cooker is rubber

 

[cantaloup63]

In the interest of safety, are there any electrical switches or sockets in the vicinity of the gas hob?

 

[slapper]

Perfectly ok . The flames are a lot closer to pipes within the cooker if you think about it and the pipe that connects cooker is rubber

Sorry,but I have to disagree,I would have it re-routed away from the cooker and brought up behind, if poss. Obviously all done by a competent RGI.

 

[namsag]

Disagree all you want it is perfectly legal and safe to run a pipe like that pray tell how you think it will get damaged . more than a pipe rising out the floor to the industry standard 630mm(if not defined mi`s) then have a rubber hose connecting the cooker which is just by the oven .
Or a pipe to a hob that sits directly behind a built in oven

 

[slapper]

None of what youve written have a live flame licking away 6"from the pipe. What if theres a soldered joint in that vicinity.

I would defo re-route irrespective of regs

 

[namsag]

So you have never seen an oven with an open cavity at the bottom for combustion air that is about 2 inches from pipework then . And what do you think joints within the cooker are some are only rubber seals a lot closer than 6 inches from the live flames
The OP does not mention any joints they speak about pipe

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