Rather than get into a fight over this i will repeat what my corgi inspector said at my last assesment inspection......gas hob, pipe out through the cupboard side and a compression ball valve used to isolate the appliance........householder had boarded up the side (where the compression joints were after i had done the work some months before.....) he said that as it was a compression joint it needed to be accessible (rightly) so the householder fitted a removable panel....job done.... 'nuff said
