My kitchen has a gas supply which feeds just a gas hob. The oven is electric. The gas feed has a screw type on off valve located behind the kitchen base units i.e not accessible when the cupboard has been fitted.
I am now planning to have a fully electric cooker and therefore want to have the hob removed.
Before anyone jumps to conclusions, I am NOT planning to do this myself, but I'm just wondering what the correct procedure will be for this. Having removed the hob, will the pipe just be cut off and end stopped? And is it satisfactory to have the isolating valve in an inaccessible position?
Once the hob is removed, there will be no gas appliances inside the house, just a supply from the meter to the ch boiler which are both in the garage. As the internal house supply runs under the floorboards to the kitchen and is totally inaccesible would it be wise to have the supply 'stopped' as it leaves the meter before entering the subfloor. The house is approx 1970 and the pipework is copper. How long is this considered safe for before requiring replacement?
I am now planning to have a fully electric cooker and therefore want to have the hob removed.
Before anyone jumps to conclusions, I am NOT planning to do this myself, but I'm just wondering what the correct procedure will be for this. Having removed the hob, will the pipe just be cut off and end stopped? And is it satisfactory to have the isolating valve in an inaccessible position?
Once the hob is removed, there will be no gas appliances inside the house, just a supply from the meter to the ch boiler which are both in the garage. As the internal house supply runs under the floorboards to the kitchen and is totally inaccesible would it be wise to have the supply 'stopped' as it leaves the meter before entering the subfloor. The house is approx 1970 and the pipework is copper. How long is this considered safe for before requiring replacement?