Replacing an Electric Stove

[IanBrooke]

We're currently replacing our aging electric stove, my wife wants a gas stove this time and so I've now had a gas outlet installed behind the existing stove in readiness. This means however that the current stove will no longer push all the way back to the wall where it was before the outlet arrived.

What is bothering me is the size of the gas stove and how it will fit.

We're in Canada.

Do gas stoves have some sort of recess at the back so they will fit around/over the gas outlet?
Do I need to be concerned about this when selecting a stove?

Thanks

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

Normal you would expect the inlet connection to be located and a recessed area to allow this connection, without restricting the appliance being flush to the wall.

By the way, is this stove for heating or cooking?

 

[IanBrooke]

Sorry, I can see that the term 'stove' could be confusing - it refers here to a combined oven and hob for cooking, the oven is electric and the hob gas. Is 'range' a better term?

I'm concerned about it fitting because at floor level there is a gas outlet and a large electrical socket. The combination of gas/electric though is very common and all such units require both outlets and all must have to fit around them so maybe I'm worry about nothing, all because the existing all electric stove won't fit!