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| message from Steve North on 23 May 2004 |
What are the current requirements for the position of a gas tap
feeding a gas hob. As I understand it the current regs state that
there must be a gas tap but does it have to be positioned next to the
gas hob or can it be on the gas feed but in another room through which
the pipe passes?
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| BigWallop replied to Steve North on 23 May 2004 |
The service valve or bayonet connection must be within reach of the hob / stove,
so they are normally fitted next to, under or beside the appliance. You'll also
have to make the fixed hob connection with rigid pipework between the service
valve and the hob inlet. Flexible pipework is now NOT allowed with fixed
appliances.
Have a read through this site:
http://www.makewrite.demon.co.uk/GasFitting.html
for more information on safe gas installations.
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| Steve North replied to BigWallop on 25 May 2004 |
Thanks very much for the reply, however you've confused me a little.
At the moment I have a hob on a flexible gas hose which terminates in
a bayonet fitting on a sturdy wall mounted connector above and behind
the oven. The pipework from this to the supply is all rigid copper.
Now are you saying that the bayonet connection and the rest of the
installation as it stands is adequate 'without' a gas tap, so that I
don't need to add an isolating tap to get it up to current regs? Or do
I need an isolating tap as well as the bayonet connector? I have read
the faq but it doesn't appear to clarify this.
When you say flexible pipework not allowed do you mean the rubber
flexible hose or some sort of flexible copper connection?
The hose has been there for about ten years and is in very good
condition. What I really want to know I suppose is would it pass a
corgi inspection as it stands now? Any more help well appreciated!
Steve
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| Ed Sirett replied to Steve North on 25 May 2004 |
The bayonet connector will do for a service isolator for the cooker or hob
or oven it supplies.
I thought the FAQ made it clear that flexible hoses (at the end of which
is a bayonet connector) were not absolutely ruled out but difficult to
install in a way that complies with all the regs.
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| BigWallop replied to Steve North on 25 May 2004 |
news:<5wasc.902$Iq6.7459996@news-text.cableinet.net>...
If it already has a bayonet connector supplying only appliance, i.e. the hob or
the oven separately, then you don't need any more service cocks on the system.
If you are trying to feed a separate hob and oven combination from the one
bayonet connector unit, this is not allowed.
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