Plumbing in a gas cooker

[kirkgas]

kevplumb...i agree.
gasandoilman, thanks for the first comment. But second comment... were you suggesting i would drive after 8 pints to save a cab fare? or am i missing a generic comment?
Chrisj78 i am not a sap contractor (£600 per day), i work for a local firm with 'normal' payscales - normal as in less than your average plumber!

i've been quoted £55 to tighten up my cooker brass fitting with blue ptfe tape

no you misunderstand, you are being quoted £55 to have it fitted, checked and confirmed as safe to leave in the vicinity of your precious babies, what do you do for a living? think of the jobs you do all the time, how easy is it for me to do them without a major f**k up, pay up you miser £55 FFS

 

[Steady]

no you misunderstand, you are being quoted £55 to have it fitted, checked and confirmed as safe

truth is though, i have worked with more than one installer for whom the tightness test is about on the same level of importance as doing a clearout on the van, i.e. he means to do it all the time, but only gets round to it every other easter holiday.

 

[WDIK]

Gas is nothing to be afraid of... if you follow some rules and can make a reliable joint(not the cannabis variety).
I think the diy'ers who come on here asking how to do it at least have a shred of responsibility and are probably going to do it safely or not at all.
But then there are those people I have seen who will connect new cookers by just threading the hose union onto the cooker gas inlet,no paste/tape or anything. They don't have a clue,they couldn't care less about whether it's right or wrong ,tight or not. As far as they are concerned you just 'thread it on'. THEY are the real muppets.

really?

so for me having to do every 5 yrs, 5 weeks of continuous asessment, is really a waste of time?

all I needed was a common sense approach and remember gas is nothing to be afraid of.
gosh thanks for that pearl of wisdom

 

[wsts]

Next door will soon know KABOOOOM.

give over... with your scare-mongering.... it's just a reasonably tight, brass nut fitting isn't it?

You are only allowed to undertake gas work if you are competant....... with your last statement you have proved 100% that you are not.