New Gas cooker query

[LozM]

Hi,

Had a new gas cooker (hotpoint HAG60P) fitted on Friday by a guy that had very good reviews on checkatrade (new to area). Have tried oven twice so far (without food) and it literally stunk the whole house out with terrible chemical smell, only had it on gas mark 7 for half hour at a time. Read in the manual that might smell a little first time but will soon vanish, have read online that there can be a curing process that smells bad but didn't expect it to be that bad, certainly wouldn't want to cook in it yet. That aside on reading the installation part of the manual as was worried that could be the connecting pipe melting the smell was that bad and found this paragraph :

'An adapter backplate should be fitted within the shaded area shown (on diagram from above 33 to below 670 mm) to allow the cooker to be pushed fully to the wall and to ensure the flexible hose is only likely to come into contact with areas at the rear of the cooker that do not exceed a temp rise of 70 deg C.'

What is an adapter backplate - sure everyone wants there cooker against the wall and probably like us in between cabinets ? Is this a metal plate to protect the hose ?

Any help greatly appreciated as can use the oven at the moment,

Many thanks,

Loz

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

It is a straight or elbow fitting that can be secured to the wall, which will allow the pipework to be fitted securely to it.

Checkatrade?????????????????
You are best looking for gas engineers on the gas safe register!

 

[gasbanni]

An acrid smell is quite normal open the windows when first used, 45 minutest should sort it with no food in it.

A backplate elbow has the rigid copper pipe going in to it then a bayonet elbow then the cooker hose.

If your worried about if the gas fitter is legit ask him for his gas safe number and check him out on their website.